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160	2080	Um, White House press secretary Caroline
2080	3760	Levit has one of the most important
3760	5440	microphones in the world. But after
5440	7359	welcoming her second child, she has
7359	9599	decided to focus on something even more
9599	12080	important than her job, her two children
12080	14400	and her husband. President Trump praised
14400	16480	Levit as one of the best White House
16480	18640	press secretaries ever and that he
18640	20560	totally respects her decision while
20560	22960	noting she will now serve as one of his
22960	25920	top adviserss. the youngest to ever hold
25920	27359	the title of White House press
27359	30000	secretary, explained her decision on X,
30000	32800	posting, "Being a mother and welcoming a
32800	34399	new baby while working in one of the
34399	36079	most demanding jobs in the world has
36079	37840	been the most rewarding yet challenging
37840	40239	season of my life, to say the least. The
40239	42480	truth is, since returning to the White
42480	44640	House after the birth of my daughter, I
44640	46640	have felt in my heart that I cannot be
46640	49280	the best mom to my two young children
49280	51600	that they deserve while devoting the
51600	53360	constant time, energy, and attention
53360	54640	required of the White House press
54640	56800	secretary. And that is why I have
56800	58480	ultimately made the bittersweet decision
58480	60320	to depart the White House and embark on
60320	63440	a new chapter in my life. Well, no
63440	66080	shortage of wishes for Caroline Levit
66080	68159	with Vice President JD Vance, chief of
68159	70720	staff Susie Wilds, and Erica Kirk
70720	73200	praising her work as press secretary and
73200	76400	as also a mom. Your thoughts, Kennedy?
76400	78960	>> Uh, that's an incredibly tough decision
78960	81600	for a woman as accomplished as Caroline
81600	83759	Levit. Uh, because, you know, she's one
83759	85280	of those press secretaries who has the
85280	87360	president's ear. She is actually in the
87360	89200	room when those discussions are had and
89200	91520	when the decisions are made. And that's
91520	94320	because of her competence and you know
94320	98079	her her just inexpressable ability to do
98079	100880	the job she has done so well. Having
100880	103360	said that, you know, we've had newborns
103360	107200	and it is so demanding and you cannot
107200	110479	possibly uh give out the energy that is
110479	112399	required for both those jobs. And I know
112399	113920	it must have been a very difficult
113920	116799	costbenefit analysis for her and her
116799	119119	heart and her family won. And that is
119119	121280	truly for her the best case scenario
121280	123119	because she leaves with so much
123119	125920	goodwill, you know, at the absolute peak
125920	129039	of her career thus far. And you know,
129039	130640	whenever she decides to get back onto
130640	132400	the carousel, which is one of the
132400	135120	elements of anxiety that new moms have,
135120	137040	you know, if I stay home, will I be able
137040	139680	to go back? And she most certainly will.
139680	141760	And we also have to create a culture
141760	144720	where women feel safe to take time off
144720	146560	to be with their children for a number
146560	149040	of years. So, God bless her for making
149040	149840	that decision.
149840	151920	>> I love that. And a lot of women across
151920	153760	this country struggle with this decision
153760	155120	to your point. I mean, that is the
155120	156879	hardest decision to leave, especially if
156879	158879	it's a great job. God bless anybody that
158879	160319	wants to be press secretary at the White
160319	162959	House in any administration. Uh our our
162959	164720	colleague Kayie Mcinady, Dana Pino, I
164720	166160	mean, God bless them for taking on that
166160	168480	role. It's tough. At the same time, you
168480	170160	know, working moms across the country
170160	172480	always have to take that gamble if they
172480	173599	decide they want to be home with their
173599	175680	kids. And what an amazing commitment to
175680	177920	your children. Uh, the good news is
177920	180160	Caroline Levit is young and she can come
180160	182480	back and I can tell you multiple stories
182480	184239	of women that took a time maybe they
184239	187360	took a year, two years, five years away
187360	188959	from a job, be home with your kids,
188959	189840	especially when they're young because
189840	191519	you don't get that time back as you all
191519	193440	know because you're parents and you
193440	194720	know, but then to go back and say,
194720	195840	"Okay, I'm going to I'm going to
195840	198560	re-enter the workforce." It is not easy.
198560	200879	It is a risk. But I do applaud Caroline
200879	202480	Lever for making that decision and it
202480	203680	must have been hard for her to do so.
203680	204080	>> Marcus,
204080	205672	>> well, talent doesn't have Excuse
205672	206720	[clears throat] me. talent doesn't have
206720	208640	an expiration date. So, she'll be
208640	212000	equally as talented. And as a as a only
212000	214000	child boy, I love the fact that my mom
214000	215680	worked two jobs. And yes, I didn't get
215680	217200	to see her as much, but there are
217200	218959	financial requirements that people have
218959	221120	to be able to do that. She has the
221120	222720	blessings of being able to make that
222720	224239	choice. There are a lot of working moms
224239	226400	out there that want to do that that
226400	228000	juggle and balance and have to still
228000	230319	make a living and pay for their kids. I
230319	231840	think this really is something that
231840	233760	employers should pay attention to and I
233760	235680	think employers should actually
235680	237599	encourage people to find the balance in
237599	239280	their life and if you are as talented as
239280	241439	I know you are, your spot's going to be
241439	243439	here and in the interim we're going to
243439	245840	find ways for you to keep busy even if
245840	247360	you want to work part-time and I think
247360	249120	this administration handled it with
249120	250640	class and I think a lot of employers
250640	251439	need to do the same.
251439	252720	>> I have some thoughts on that but I want
252720	255200	to go to Emily first. I it reflects to
255200	257840	me in the response exactly what this
257840	259600	administration has said that they stood
259600	261040	for and with that we know they have
261040	263520	which is support for mothers and
263520	266080	prioritizing the family and the fact
266080	268240	that she is being sent off with such
268240	270320	incredible immeasurable support by
270320	273040	everyone. Um, this just is another
273040	274960	example of how this administration walks
274960	276960	the walk. And we know that in policy,
276960	278240	right, for the with the first Trump
278240	279919	administration, they set policies in
279919	281600	place for working mothers and new
281600	282800	mothers so that they would have the
282800	285280	benefits that they deserve. Um, I I of
285280	287440	course her t she is incredible. She is
287440	289280	the most brilliant, articulate person,
289280	291280	no notes, half my age. I'm like, "Oh my
291280	292560	gosh, bottle that [laughter] up and
292560	294960	smell it, sister." Um, so yes, I think
294960	296800	her future is just as bright as she is
296800	298639	and just as bright as her newborn is. I
298639	300960	tell you what, hire a working mother.
300960	303520	Hire a mom. Talk about multitasking.
303520	305199	It's so true. It is. It is a skill set
305199	305510	that
305510	305520	that
305520	306400	>> do more than hire.
306400	307120	>> I mean,
307120	308479	>> let them run your business.
308479	309120	>> There you go.
309120	310639	>> Let them run your business. I find them
310639	312240	to be the best leaders in the businesses
312240	313280	I'm involved in.
313280	315120	>> I love it doesn't have an expiration
315120	317600	date because everybody knows I was 40
317600	319360	and you know when you step away from
319360	321520	your career at that point, you have with
321520	324639	God's blessings built something big and
324639	326880	I have and to step away at that point
326880	328960	was hard. But you do you kind of you
328960	330880	can't do everything. So you step back
330880	332400	and you keep that prayer up. And
332400	335520	Caroline Levit is amazing at keeping
335520	337440	connected. I don't know how she does it.
337440	338800	There isn't a journalist who says, "Oh,
338800	340800	I can't get Caroline Levit. I can't get
340800	343199	her to respond." She keeps going. And so
343199	345120	when she gets ready to re-engage, it's
345120	345840	going to be amazing.
345840	347759	>> And the and the young lady who's the
347759	349759	manager of your local grocery store has
349759	351840	the same level of talent using a
351840	353600	different path. Yep. And so I think this
353600	355440	is about celebrating people's choices
355440	358080	and embracing them and telling them it's
358080	360160	it's not the season's not over. There's
360160	361039	always tomorrow.
361039	362479	>> Also, I won't I'm going to miss her
362479	364400	every day obviously, but she is still
364400	366160	serving as an adviser to the president.
366160	367840	So, we all get to benefit from her
367840	369199	brilliance still as it trickles and
369199	370560	filters through the administration. So,
370560	372400	>> and so does the president for that.
372400	373199	Amazing. [laughter]
373199	374160	>> We're beneficiaries.
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