WH Labels Katie Couric ‘Washed Up Idiot’ Over Fetterman Interview

Journalist 📺Katie Couric hammered Sen. 👤John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on President 👤Donald Trump and slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which had the White House calling her a “washed up idiot.”

Fetterman was Couric’s guest on her podcast, “Next Question,” where she peppered the lawmaker, apparently goading him to disavow both Trump and Kirk. Fetterman, however, did not give in.

Couric asked Fetterman if he thought it was OK that Kirk’s body was flown home on Air Force Two. She also asked if he should have been given the Medal of Freedom posthumously.

Fetterman said it was the Trump’s decision to make. Couric then asked about Kirk’s past rhetoricand whether it was “extreme.”

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung went on X to slam Couric Thursday.

“This washed up idiot @katiecouric is an absolute ghoul. She tries to justify the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk. Disgusting people like Katie should be shamed and embarrassed forever,” Cheung wrote.

While Fetterman said didn’t agree with some of the things Kirk said, it was “entirely appropriate” to allow people to grieve and respect their space without taking “that opportunity to push an argument or to remind people that, ‘Hey, I don’t agree,'” per the outlet.

“A father of young children was shot in public because of his political views, and that’s a tragedy, and give people the space to grieve,” he added.