Reagan Reese is the White House Correspondent for The Daily Caller. She previously served as an education reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation, before that she graduated from Hillsdale College with a degree in Rhetoric.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from WOR. Here's Larry Minty with more.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Of the WOR Saturday Morning Show. Welcome back. I'm sure
you noticed how different the White House press briefings are
in the Trump White House compared to the Biden White House.
Let's talk with Daily Caller White House correspondent Reagan Reese
about both of them, because she had to deal with
both of them every day. Reagan. I was watching a
(00:26):
White House briefing the other day and I saw Caroline
Levitt as she was asking, she wanted to get away
from some reporters and she went Reagan Reagan, and she
was covered. I assume you're the only Reagan in the room,
are you?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Yes, I am.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
She seems they're away like you.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
I would hope. So, I mean, you know, that's always
Do you want to be liked by the press secretary?
You know, I could go either way. Of course, you
want to keep a professional, cordial relationship, but you also
want to ask questions about are tests of the administration?
You know, no matter where you fall on what side
(01:02):
of the aisle. So you know, I hope she respects me.
I respect her, and I think we have a good
working relationship.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You know, It's funny. When we were first talking to you,
it was when Biden was in office, and you talked
about the fact that how long you went without being
called on. While that changed, you seem to get called
on constantly.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Now, yeah, I mean you hear a lot of talk
I think from you know, just outside voices, sometimes within
the mainstream media. I gave a lecture at Berkeley a
couple of weeks ago, and the students were kind of
pushing back on something I had said about Trump and
his administration being good to the press and being accessible
(01:45):
to the press, and I just pointed to the fact
that I was shut out of the Biden White House
because we I write for the Daily Caller, which is
a conservative outlet. My colleagues, other colleagues of mine, that
our conservative reporters were barred from the events. A lot
of us conservative journalists were uninvited to the Biden Christmas party.
(02:10):
For journalists, it's completely a one adien. If you look
at a press secret, you look at a Trump press breefing,
you look at Caroline's press breethings. They're not just calling
on as friendly. Is there the people that they think
are going to align with them or ask them a
good question. They're sparring with CNN, with NBC, with ABC,
(02:31):
they're taking those tough questions, and she spans the room,
so does President Trump. Sure, they might insult those mainstream
media journalists, and that's probably the biggest difference between maybe
me and them, But in terms of access, it is
far more fair and balanced that it was in the
(02:53):
past administration, right, and.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Nobody called out the Biden administration on that. This is
extremely important. What you're talking talking about is to call
on everybody in the press corps, whether you agree with
them or whether they agree with you or not, whether
you feel like you're going to get the coverage you
want or not, you should call on everyone.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah, one hundred percent. And I think it's a great
opportunity for the administration to, you know, answer those tough questions,
push back on them, to start with those tough reporters,
and that, I think is one thing that the Trump
administration has strength is they will take CNN and ABC
(03:36):
and NBC and they'll answer those questions and they're not afraid,
they don't shy away from them. And that's probably one
of the things that rally's President Trump's face the most
is when they call out the fake news media. And
so the Trump administration is very good at also just
wanting to go into tough situations. We see President Trump
(03:59):
go do interviews with CNN, ABC sixty Minutes, and CBS.
We never saw President Biden do similar things. We never
saw White House Press Secretary Underbiden, Cream Jean Pierre, do
similar things. And you know, part of it is because
Kream John Pierre couldn't handle those tense questions from those
(04:21):
who disagreed with her. She just wasn't a talented press secretary.
But you know the other is, I think I have
a different view of outlets and reporters like myself, right,
but it's.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
You know, it infringes on freedom of the press, It
infringes on free speech. It was, it was horrible. But
let's talk about the H one B visus. Explain to
people what they are and why this is such a
controversy right now.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Yeah, the basis of the situation is essentially, do we
want to bring immigrants in to in a legal way
to help with the workforce in America? And that's a
big debate right now within the Maggie universe. And I
think when you talk to people who are typically aligned
with the President and have an America first viewpoint, they
(05:10):
will probably break with him on this issue where he
is saying that the workers we have in America right
now are not talented enough to work in America. They're
not talented enough to work in manufacturing plans or in
the industry, and so therefore we need to bring in
immigrates from other countries to fill those jobs because they're
(05:33):
more skill than the Americans we have. Now, this is
something that, yeah, really breaks with the America first base,
and it's you know, the President's pays a lot of
backlash for it. Some of his previous opponents are capitalizing
on it right now. But that's the basis of the issue.
(05:55):
And it also ties into the president wanted to bring
in six hundred I was in Chinese students over the
next few years to America. You know, that's this could
be a traded situation, that's being him trying to make
a deal with people. But it's these two issues are
really causing the president headache with the American first base.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Yeah, I get it, and I think he was inarticulate
on that, although he'll never admit to that. And I
do think that It's just like in a South Korean plant,
you want South Koreans. And so I'm not sure this
is as much of a controversy as it should be,
but I think it was just the way he spoke.
Reagan Reese white House corresponded for The Daily Caller, an
(06:39):
independent women's Foreign Visiting fellow.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
This has been a podcast from wor
This is a podcast from WOR. Here's Larry Minty with more.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Of the WOR Saturday Morning Show. Welcome back. I'm sure
you noticed how different the White House press briefings are
in the Trump White House compared to the Biden White House.
Let's talk with Daily Caller White House correspondent Reagan Reese
about both of them, because she had to deal with
both of them every day. Reagan. I was watching a
(00:26):
White House briefing the other day and I saw Caroline
Levitt as she was asking, she wanted to get away
from some reporters and she went Reagan Reagan, and she
was covered. I assume you're the only Reagan in the room,
are you?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Yes, I am.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
She seems they're away like you.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
I would hope. So, I mean, you know, that's always
Do you want to be liked by the press secretary?
You know, I could go either way. Of course, you
want to keep a professional, cordial relationship, but you also
want to ask questions about are tests of the administration?
You know, no matter where you fall on what side
(01:02):
of the aisle. So you know, I hope she respects me.
I respect her, and I think we have a good
working relationship.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You know, It's funny. When we were first talking to you,
it was when Biden was in office, and you talked
about the fact that how long you went without being
called on. While that changed, you seem to get called
on constantly.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Now, yeah, I mean you hear a lot of talk
I think from you know, just outside voices, sometimes within
the mainstream media. I gave a lecture at Berkeley a
couple of weeks ago, and the students were kind of
pushing back on something I had said about Trump and
his administration being good to the press and being accessible
(01:45):
to the press, and I just pointed to the fact
that I was shut out of the Biden White House
because we I write for the Daily Caller, which is
a conservative outlet. My colleagues, other colleagues of mine, that
our conservative reporters were barred from the events. A lot
of us conservative journalists were uninvited to the Biden Christmas party.
(02:10):
For journalists, it's completely a one adien. If you look
at a press secret, you look at a Trump press breefing,
you look at Caroline's press breethings. They're not just calling
on as friendly. Is there the people that they think
are going to align with them or ask them a
good question. They're sparring with CNN, with NBC, with ABC,
(02:31):
they're taking those tough questions, and she spans the room,
so does President Trump. Sure, they might insult those mainstream
media journalists, and that's probably the biggest difference between maybe
me and them, But in terms of access, it is
far more fair and balanced that it was in the
(02:53):
past administration, right, and.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Nobody called out the Biden administration on that. This is
extremely important. What you're talking talking about is to call
on everybody in the press corps, whether you agree with
them or whether they agree with you or not, whether
you feel like you're going to get the coverage you
want or not, you should call on everyone.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah, one hundred percent. And I think it's a great
opportunity for the administration to, you know, answer those tough questions,
push back on them, to start with those tough reporters,
and that, I think is one thing that the Trump
administration has strength is they will take CNN and ABC
(03:36):
and NBC and they'll answer those questions and they're not afraid,
they don't shy away from them. And that's probably one
of the things that rally's President Trump's face the most
is when they call out the fake news media. And
so the Trump administration is very good at also just
wanting to go into tough situations. We see President Trump
(03:59):
go do interviews with CNN, ABC sixty Minutes, and CBS.
We never saw President Biden do similar things. We never
saw White House Press Secretary Underbiden, Cream Jean Pierre, do
similar things. And you know, part of it is because
Kream John Pierre couldn't handle those tense questions from those
(04:21):
who disagreed with her. She just wasn't a talented press secretary.
But you know the other is, I think I have
a different view of outlets and reporters like myself, right,
but it's.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
You know, it infringes on freedom of the press, It
infringes on free speech. It was, it was horrible. But
let's talk about the H one B visus. Explain to
people what they are and why this is such a
controversy right now.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Yeah, the basis of the situation is essentially, do we
want to bring immigrants in to in a legal way
to help with the workforce in America? And that's a
big debate right now within the Maggie universe. And I
think when you talk to people who are typically aligned
with the President and have an America first viewpoint, they
(05:10):
will probably break with him on this issue where he
is saying that the workers we have in America right
now are not talented enough to work in America. They're
not talented enough to work in manufacturing plans or in
the industry, and so therefore we need to bring in
immigrates from other countries to fill those jobs because they're
(05:33):
more skill than the Americans we have. Now, this is
something that, yeah, really breaks with the America first base,
and it's you know, the President's pays a lot of
backlash for it. Some of his previous opponents are capitalizing
on it right now. But that's the basis of the issue.
(05:55):
And it also ties into the president wanted to bring
in six hundred I was in Chinese students over the
next few years to America. You know, that's this could
be a traded situation, that's being him trying to make
a deal with people. But it's these two issues are
really causing the president headache with the American first base.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Yeah, I get it, and I think he was inarticulate
on that, although he'll never admit to that. And I
do think that It's just like in a South Korean plant,
you want South Koreans. And so I'm not sure this
is as much of a controversy as it should be,
but I think it was just the way he spoke.
Reagan Reese white House corresponded for The Daily Caller, an
(06:39):
independent women's Foreign Visiting fellow.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
This has been a podcast from wor
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