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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and other White House staffers slammed CNN and MSNOW on Monday for not airing an event honoring families who lost loved ones in crimes committed by illegal immigrants.

President Donald TrumpdeclaredFeb. 23 “Angel Families Day” during an event hosted Monday, which marked the second anniversary of the murder of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, by an illegal immigrant who wasreleasedinto the country during the Biden administration. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung opened the criticism with aposton X at 10:42 a.m. by noting the event wasn’t covered by those networks.

Sickening and horrific that CNN and MSNOW are outright refusing to broadcast this powerful and moving event. It's like they don't care about victims and their families.https://t.co/Av5y70XSFu

“Sickening and horrific that CNN and MSNOW are outright refusing to broadcast this powerful and moving event,” Cheung posted, after quoting a post with a video clip of Riley’s mother, Allyson Phillips, speaking. “It’s like they don’t care about victims and their families.”

“President Trump is currently hosting a truly tear jerking event, signing a proclamation honoring Angel Families. And CNN and MSNow(?) aren’t covering it,” Deputy Communications Director Kaelan Dorrpostedtwo minutes later. “Sick. Disgusting. Mask is off.”

Among those who spoke at the event was a police officer whorelatedhow he arrested Riley’s killer in New York City for endangering the welfare of a child, only to see him on the news months later in connection with the nursing student’s murder.

“@CNN is a total disgrace. President Trump hosted a powerful event honoring Angel Families who lost loved ones at the hands of illegal alien criminals and deadly drugs – but CNN refused to cover EVEN one second of it,” Leavittpostedat 11:13 a.m. Monday. “That’s because CNN doesn’t care about the victims of illegal alien crime. They pretend to be a news organization, but they refuse to cover anything that doesn’t fit the Left’s narrative. This is why CNN is failing and losing all of their viewership.”

.@CNNis a total disgrace.President Trump hosted a powerful event honoring Angel Families who lost loved ones at the hands of illegal alien criminals and deadly drugs – but CNN refused to cover EVEN one second of it.That’s because CNN doesn't care about the victims of…https://t.co/8jJIYmkGOB

After NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Garrett Haake complained about the criticism of CNN, Leavitt fired back at 11:53 a.m.

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