Trump 2024 National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says that the mainstream media and the Washington, D.C. establishment now realize President Trump is the official nominee of the Republican Party. They are devoting the same energy to hurt him that they did in 2016. "They are nitpicking every single thing he says. They are pulling his words out of context," Leavitt said. "They are refusing to play the full clips and then they take his words a step further and incite fear and violence in the American public."