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highplainsdem

(63,831 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:41 PM 2 hrs ago

'Send them to Cuba. Send them to Iran': Trump spokeswoman issues ominous warning to 'lazy' Gen Zers

Source: Independent

Watters then asked Leavitt, who earns a salary of $195,200, whether it was “laziness” and suggested that liberal professors and teachers were to blame for Gen Z’s work ethic.

“It’s laziness and it’s liberal indoctrination,” Leavitt replied, before praising parents who had turned to homeschooling and Christian schools.

-snip-

Watters then suggested forcing young people to join the Army “if they misbehave.”

“Or send them to Cuba, send them to Iran,” Leavitt said gleefully. “They’ll wanna come back real quick.”

-snip-

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/karoline-leavitt-gen-z-fox-news-b3008479.html



No paywall, so you can read more about what those two idiots said. Idiots who aren't qualified to be opining on anything.
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'Send them to Cuba. Send them to Iran': Trump spokeswoman issues ominous warning to 'lazy' Gen Zers (Original Post) highplainsdem 2 hrs ago OP
Donald, Eric, and Barron first Walleye 2 hrs ago #1
Leavitt has been promised a federal pardon for her law breaking delisen 2 hrs ago #2
""Or send them to Cuba" J_William_Ryan 2 hrs ago #3
Don't We Have Gulag Camps Yet? DrFunkenstein 1 hr ago #4
Apologies in advance to any exceptions Blackjackdavey 1 hr ago #5
Believe them when they tell you what they are. Take them seriously. Grokenstein 1 hr ago #6
she's a piglet..... democratsruletheday 1 hr ago #7
Leavitt is evil. yardwork 1 hr ago #8
So, getting up and lying on a daily basis is a real job (at least according to these two buffoons)? waterwatcher123 1 hr ago #9
Translation: Keep your head down, and your moiuth shut. Keep working that dead end low paying job and you'll be fine. patphil 1 hr ago #10
So Levitt who paid for your health care recently............to have a baby............boomers, my dad' generation...... turbinetree 6 min ago #11

delisen

(7,513 posts)
2. Leavitt has been promised a federal pardon for her law breaking
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:00 PM
2 hrs ago

She is projecting and deflecting, lying and threatening. Her psychological toolkit doesn’t contain much else besides these 4 well worn tools.

J_William_Ryan

(3,679 posts)
3. ""Or send them to Cuba"
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:10 PM
2 hrs ago

Trump Cult members will of course claim that both are ‘just kidding.’

DrFunkenstein

(8,947 posts)
4. Don't We Have Gulag Camps Yet?
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:14 PM
1 hr ago

Joining the military is supposed to be an honor, not a punishment.

But surely we're far enough into "The Program" to have forced labor camps. What's the point of buying Greenland?

Blackjackdavey

(274 posts)
5. Apologies in advance to any exceptions
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:23 PM
1 hr ago

But I haven't met a home schooled Christian yet who is qualified for any professional jobs with public responsibilities.

Grokenstein

(6,469 posts)
6. Believe them when they tell you what they are. Take them seriously.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:38 PM
1 hr ago

They're going to vote, so you damn well better vote too.

democratsruletheday

(1,981 posts)
7. she's a piglet.....
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:39 PM
1 hr ago

doesn't qualify for PIG status yet like her boss and his insane clown posse but she's trying.

patphil

(9,359 posts)
10. Translation: Keep your head down, and your moiuth shut. Keep working that dead end low paying job and you'll be fine.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 02:10 PM
1 hr ago

Further translation:
You should be grateful for the scraps that fall from our table; do what we order you to do, or you'll be punished.

turbinetree

(27,846 posts)
11. So Levitt who paid for your health care recently............to have a baby............boomers, my dad' generation......
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:06 PM
6 min ago

Millennials, Gen Z's .............yeah they/we are just lazy........and then, did you tell everyone that you got to ride on plane that was given to your boss by a foreign government in violation of the Emolument Clause, did it give you a warm fuzzy feeling that the above taxpayers paid for that plane in some shape and form through our taxes without our permission or by laws........you know the word grifting ............right ................... while that Watters dude has done exactly what ...........defamed Gavin Newsome and sexual harassed a sitting Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez..........racism.............. misogyny and harassment to woman and media groups, unethical conduct when he was having an affair.............

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