‘The View’ Host Joy Behar Ripped for Saying New White House Press Secretary Only Got Job Because ‘She’s a 10’

One conservative commentator called the attack on Karoline Leavitt ‘disgusting.’

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt looks on President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 at Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

A co-host of “The View,” Joy Behar, has set off a firestorm with a sexist attack on new White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, saying she got the lofty position because “she’s a 10.”

During Wednesday’s episode, Ms. Behar took aim at the 27-year-old mother of one. “She’s probably been put in there because, according to Donald Trump, she’s a 10. You know that’s what it is.”

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