“She destroyed lives and walked away smiling” – Karoline Leavitt EXPLODES with rage as she tears into the ousted CDC director, unleashing brutal words that left even her allies stunned, declaring it’s finally time she’s out and the truth comes crashing down

Karoline Leavitt has never been one to hold her tongue, but her latest attack left the room frozen. After years of criticism directed at the CDC’s former leadership, Leavitt seized the moment to deliver one of her most fiery tirades yet, targeting the very person she blames for chaos and betrayal. Her words cut with the kind of sharpness that forces everyone to lean in and wonder—was this just political theater, or was she finally saying what millions had been whispering all along? Her brutal takedown was not just a condemnation, but a warning that more shocking revelations could be on the horizon.

What Leavitt said has already set off a storm of reactions, and the fallout is far from over. To understand just how explosive her attack really was, check out the full story and decide if she went too far—or not far enough.

The White House repeated President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Susan Monarez, the director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after it was clear she was no longer willing to follow orders from her boss HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Her dismissal came on Wednesday evening after she claimed Kennedy was ‘putting millions of American lives at risk’ over his efforts to rescind approvals for COVID vaccines.

Leavitt confirmed that Kennedy asked Monarez to resign, and she agreed to it, before changing her mind and asking her lawyers to push back against her dismissal.

Monarez’s lawyers Mark S. Zaid and Abbe David Lowell wrote in a statement that the CDC director ‘refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts’ in the agency’ and also refused to resign.

But Leavitt repeated that she was fired.

‘Her lawyer’s statement made it abundantly clear themselves that she was not aligned with the president’s mission to make America healthy again,’ Leavitt said. ‘The president fired her which he had every right to do.’

Leavitt said that public officials like Monarez had to work to execute the president’s agenda if they wanted to keep their jobs.

‘Just do your job, that’s what the president wants to see,’ Leavitt said.

Monarez was forced out of the agency just weeks after she was confirmed by the Senate to the job.

+4
View gallery

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing

+4
View gallery

Monarez, an established federal government scientist, was confirmed in July by the Senate

‘We thank her for her dedicated service to the American people,’ the Department of Heath and Human Services said in a short statement on social media.

‘Secretary Kennedy has full confidence in his team at the CDC who will continue to be vigilant in protecting Americans against infectious diseases at home and abroad.’

Monarez, an established federal government scientist, was confirmed in July by the Senate.

The news appears to have triggered a mass exodus from the agency.

Other reported CDC leaders resigned included Dan Jernigan, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Deb Houry, chief medical officer, and Demetre Daskalakis, the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

The departures are the latest of a string of public health officials who have been removed, reshuffled, or dropped since President Donald Trump first took office.

Other literal signs of revolt in the agency appeared in the CDC building on a poster reading ‘F**K RFK’ hung in the window.

CDC leadership sent a memo saying this ‘act of vandalism’ was being investigated and would result in disciplinary action, according to PBS correspondent Ali Rogin.

Monarez was chosen to replace Trump’s first choice in the job, former Republican congressman Dave Weldon, who was criticized for his views on vaccines and autism.

Her departure takes place just days after HHS announced a significant restructuring of her department, as at least 600 CDC employees received permanent termination notices.

Kennedy also announced recently that the HHS would slash approximately half a billion dollars of funding for vaccine development programs for mRNA technology.

+4
View gallery

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Department of Health and Human Services

+4
View gallery

Susan Monarez, the director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is being forced out of her job

Monarez’s resignation takes place just weeks after a gunman who believed the COVID-19 vaccine made him sick went on a shooting spree outside the CDC headquarters in Atlanta.

The shooting resulted in the deaths of one police officer, David Rose, and the shooter himself, leaving multiple buildings damaged from gunfire as students at the nearby Emory University took shelter.

Kennedy was criticized for failing to condemn the shooting until eighteen hours after it occurred.

At the time, the HHS condemned his critics for trying to politicize the tragedy.

‘This is a time to stand in solidarity with our public health workforce, not a moment for the media to exploit a tragedy for political gain,’ HHS Communications Director Andrew Nixon told the Daily Mail in response to Kennedy’s critics.