Karoline Leavitt Lashes Out At Reporter Who Suggests Trump Offends With 'Joke' On Ending ElectionsAsked why President Donald Trump would tell a news outlet that “we shouldn’t even have an election,” referring to the midterms later this year, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said it was all in jest.“The president was simply joking. He was saying, ‘We’re doing such a great job, we’re doing everything the American people thought, maybe we should just keep rolling,’” Leavitt said Thursday. “He was speaking facetiously.”Trump appears to enjoy this joke, as he has commented more than once about ending elections or staying in office past January 2029.Another reporter soon followed up to point out that "Americans for generations have fought and died for democracy — for this democracy.""Are you saying the president finds the idea of canceling elections funny?” the reporter asked.Leavitt responded peevishly: "Andrew, were you in the room? No, you weren’t. I was in the room. I heard the conversation. And only someone like you would take that so seriously and pose it as a question in that way.”See All UpdatesClose