White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt caused two words to go viral on social media following a verbal flub during Wednesday’s press briefing.
Fox Business’ Edward Lawrence asked Leavitt: “So now that the President Trump’s policies are starting to take shape, how long will it take to cycle through and get some of the actual prices that Americans are paying to come down?”
Leavitt ― whose boss, President Donald Trump, is certainly no stranger to verbal goofs and who promised during his campaign to reduce prices on his first day back in office ― sought clarification on the question.
But she misspoke and said: “Prices at the store and at the grocery pump?”
Lawrence confirmed he meant “all of the above” and Leavitt listed some of the administration’s actions that she claimed will reduce prices, but couldn’t give a timeframe for when it would happen.
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On social media, the words “grocery pump” took on a life of their own.
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