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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed the media on Tuesday for their slow response, covering fatal stabbings from Ukrainian refugees Iryna Zarutska.
Zarutska, 23, sought security in Ukraine on August 22, but was stabbed to death on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina. Police said that after a moment, the man took out a knife and stabbed her to death. The suspect was identified as decarlos Brown, arrested and charged with murder.
The attack footage spreads on social media Inspired a nationwide debate About crime and public safety. Levitt believes that the media is slow to report the story.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned that democratic policies in cities in red states led to increased crime. (Getty Image)
“It’s crazy. The monster should be locked up, and Erina should be alive, but Democratic politicians, free judges and weak prosecutors would rather have a Virtue signal than lock down criminals and protect their communities.” “Perhaps the most shameful thing is that in many media in this room, many media believe that her murder was not worth reporting at first because it didn’t fit the preferred narrative.”
Levitt compared the case to the 2023 Daniel Penny incident, in New York City, where the Navy veteran was charged after he fatally restricted Jordan Neely on a subway train.
“Many reporters in this room spilled a lot of ink, trying to Daniel Penny “In order to defend a subway in the crazy crazy man in New York City, but none of the same reporters raised their fingers to write a story about an actual murderer,” she said. This is a fact that every American must know. Too many innocent people across the country continue to pay the price of failed experiments, called “cashless bail,” and Democrats have advocated for years. ”
Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed in the throat with a folding knife on August 22, 2025 when she was described as a random attack. (News via Charlotte Regional Transportation Systems | GoFundMe)
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Leavitt argues that Democrats in North Carolina and nationwide are pushing for a “soft criminal agenda” that makes innocent Americans vulnerable.
“These reckless policies have turned too many cities in the United States into hunting grounds for professional criminals who laugh at our judicial system, consume law enforcement resources and wreaking havoc on law-abiding citizens,” she said. “Enough.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt talked about the killing of Ukrainian refugee Erina Zaruska (R) at a daily press conference held in the White House Brady press conference room in Washington, DC on September 9, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Fox News’s Rachel Wolf and Alexis McAdams contributed to the report.
