Karoline Leavitt is making history as the youngest White House Press Secretary ever.
The 28-year-old announced in December that she's expecting her second child, a baby girl due in May.
But a Florida nurse just lost everything after this TikTok about Karoline Leavitt went viral.
Labor nurse wished severe childbirth injury on Press Secretary
Lexie Lawler was a labor and delivery nurse at Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital until January 23.
That's when a TikTok video she posted exploded across social media and destroyed her career.
In the video, Lawler said it gave her "great joy" to wish Leavitt would suffer a fourth-degree tear during childbirth.
Fourth-degree tears are the most severe type of obstetric injury that can cause lifelong medical complications.
The video went viral after conservative social media account Libs of TikTok shared it.
Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital fired Lawler within hours of the video spreading.
"The comments made in a social media video by a nurse at one of our facilities do not reflect our values or the standards we expect of healthcare professionals," the hospital stated. "Following a prompt review, the individual is no longer employed by our health system."
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Hospital officials emphasized that while they respect personal opinions, "there is no place in healthcare for language or behavior that calls into question a caregiver's ability to provide compassionate, unbiased care."
Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer contacted hospital leadership immediately after learning about the video.
"These disgusting comments have no place in medicine or in our community," Singer wrote on social media.
Florida Attorney General now targeting nurse's license
The story didn't end with Lawler losing her job.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced he wants the state Board of Nursing to revoke Lawler's nursing license permanently.
Uthmeier called Lawler's comments "vile" and said they violated professional standards for healthcare workers.
A photo circulating online shows Lawler wearing a shirt with anti-Trump messaging.
This wasn't just a bad day or poor judgment.
Lawler knew exactly what she was doing when she posted that video.
She's a trained healthcare professional who delivers babies for a living.
Wishing permanent injury on a pregnant woman crosses every professional and ethical line that exists in medicine.
And targeting someone because of their political beliefs makes it even worse.
Lawler attempted to defend herself in a follow-up video after getting fired.
She tried comparing her situation to an unrelated ICE shooting in Minnesota, claiming people were more upset about her "bad language" than the shooting.
That defense only made things worse.
It showed she still doesn't understand why wishing severe medical complications on a pregnant woman is completely unacceptable.
The left-wing outrage machine mobilized immediately to support Lawler.
A GoFundMe campaign raised over $3,000 to pay for her legal defense.
The fundraiser claims Lawler was fired for exercising free speech and that she was targeted by a "right-wing backlash" campaign.
It describes her comments as "blunt, angry and unapologetic" words "directed at power, not her workplace."
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That's garbage.
Free speech doesn't protect you from consequences when you violate professional standards.
And there's nothing brave about a healthcare worker wishing permanent injury on a patient because of politics.
Lawler's supporters claim she's being "financially bullied into silence."
Nobody forced her to post that video.
Pattern of nurses losing jobs over political social media posts
Lawler isn't the first healthcare worker to destroy their career with a political social media post.
In July 2024, a New York Presbyterian Hospital nurse was fired for posting that the shooter who tried to assassinate Trump should "work on his skills."
Multiple nurses were fired in 2025 after posting a TikTok mocking patients undergoing gynecological exams at a California urgent care clinic.
Healthcare workers who post their patients' information or mock them on social media routinely face termination and license investigations.
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Patients need to trust that healthcare workers will provide compassionate care regardless of politics, race, or religion.
When a labor and delivery nurse publicly wishes permanent injury on a pregnant woman, that trust evaporates.
Would you want Lawler delivering your baby if you supported Trump?
The answer is obvious.
Baptist Health and the Florida Attorney General did the right thing.
Healthcare requires putting personal politics aside completely.
Lawler forgot that basic principle and paid the price.
Sources:
- Katie Bente, "Boca Raton nurse fired after graphic TikTok targeting Karoline Leavitt," CBS12, January 23, 2026.
- Rachel del Guidice, "Unhinged Florida nurse fired after foul TikTok rant directed towards Karoline Leavitt goes viral," Fox News, January 23, 2026.
- Bailey Richards, "Labor and Delivery Nurse Fired for Wishing Severe Childbirth Injury on Pregnant Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt," People Magazine, January 24, 2026.
- Sophie Brams, "Florida hospital fires nurse over profane post on Leavitt's pregnancy," The Hill, January 23, 2026.
- "Florida AG demands nurse's license revoked after 'vile' TikTok, supporters say free speech," CBS12, January 25, 2026.
- "White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announces she's pregnant," ABC News, December 26, 2025.
