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White House Lashes Out at Congresswoman Over Her Looks

The People’s House fired off a high school bully-level insult.

The official White House social media page attacked a congresswoman for her looks in typical Trumpian fashion.

The White House X account insulted Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, 83, after President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Lee Zeldin, posted a video of their heated exchange during a congressional hearing on Monday.

“Nothing infuriates an uninformed Congressional Dem more than when they realize they voluntarily triggered a debate with someone who actually knows what they are talking about, reads federal statute and adheres to Supreme Court precedent,” Zeldin, 46, wrote. “Today’s self-implosion by @rosadelauro was quite remarkable to witness. Without apology or regret, I will always adhere to the best available reading of federal statute pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright.”

The White House responded to Zeldin’s post with a personal jab at the Connecticut congresswoman, saying: “Terrible take. Even worse hair.”

Reached for comment, the White House referred the Daily Beast to the social media post. DeLauro’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.

The White House’s disparaging comment comes just hours after its press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, 28, begged for “hateful, violent” rhetoric against Trump, 79, to stop.

“Nobody in recent years has faced more bullets and violence than President Trump,” Leavitt told reporters during a press briefing on Monday following an attempted attack at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “This political violence stems from a systemic demonization of him and his supporters by commentators—yes—by elected members of the Democrat Party, and even some in the media."

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“This hateful and constant and violent rhetoric directed at President Trump, day after day after day, for 11 years, has helped to legitimize this violence and bring us to this dark moment,” she added.

Trump, who has expelled only female members of his Cabinet throughout his second administration, has quite an extensive history of insulting women for their looks.

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He has frequently insulted comedian Rosie O’Donnell by calling her “fat,” a “pig,” and a “slob,” and in November, he told White House reporter Catherine Lucey to “Quiet, piggy,” aboard Air Force One.

His insults of women extend past just looks, however, as he commonly berates female reporters as “stupid,” “aggressive,” “rotten,” or “the worst."

The White House’s official X account has form for posting questionable content to its 4.5 million followers. The White House’s communications are run by 43-year-old Steven Cheung. In January, the X account was called out for posting a digitally altered image of a woman who had been arrested as part of an ICE protest in Minnesota.

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Kristi Noem, who was Homeland Security secretary at the time, posted a photo of the woman, Nekima Levy Armstrong. Shortly after that, analysis by the Guardian found the White House’s X account reposted a digitally altered version of the woman, where she appeared to be dramatically crying, which she was not in the original photo.

“The memes will continue,” White House Deputy Communications Director Kaelan Dorr wrote on X.

The page posted an AI-generated image of Democrat Chuck Schumer with an “I’m sorry” speech bubble last week after Trump insisted he apologize after saying that there was a lack of respect for ICE agents.

The White House’s Rapid Response 47 account is also quick to lash out at reporters.

After independent journalist Aaron Rupar wrote on X earlier this month that Trump had not been seen in public for 72 hours, the Rapid Response account clapped back, “No, you’re just a sick freak, Aaron.”

The Rapid Response account was also called out for sharing a video of the Trumps at the Kennedy Center this month, where the audio seemed to have less booing than other footage from the event.

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Vic VerbalaitisNight Breaking News Reporter

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