'The best job in the world': Karoline Leavitt tells Erika Kirk, TPUSA chapter how motherhood comes first—even as WH press sec

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk appeared at George Washington University on Thursday as part of TPUSA's Turning Point Tour, where the White House press secretary told Kirk, TPUSA chapter members in attendance, and others that being a mother is the best job in the world.  

Kirk asked Leavitt a series of questions, many of which focused on how she balances faith, family, and her career as the White House Press Secretary, and what got her to that point. Kirk asked what Leavitt's "roadmap" was for in order to "juggle family, career, faith, altogether." 

"I don't know if there is a roadmap every day. Being a mother is the best job in the world. I love my job as White House press secretary, but nothing compares to the job of being a mom. As you know, and I have become a mother of one, and now soon, two, in the midst of the craziness of my career. It's a lot of prioritization, you learn very quickly when you have a family that your family, you know, in my case, my husband and my son come above anything else in life." 

"That's just what happens, aside from God, of course, God, your husband, your children, your family, your friends and work. And I try to prioritize my life in that order. And it just means that when I'm at work, I try to be as present as I can and as best as I can. And when I get home for our bedtime routine with my son every night, which, I prioritize making it home for that, that I'm as present as I can be as his mother and soaking up every waking second that I'm not at the office with him and with my husband," she added.  

Erika talked about her similar experiences, saying that Charlie Kirk, as well as herself, would prioritize bedtime in their home. She said that "Charlie was very intentional about bedtime with the kids. There were even times when he was in a meeting and he'd look at his phone and say 'I gotta go.' He would come straight home and he would read to our daughter." 

Leading up to Kirk and Leavitt's speech, Jack Posobiec also took to the stage and spoke about the season of Easter, and spoke to the topic of his own family, who joined him onstage.  

"Be a rebel, start a family," Posobiec said. He brought out his two sons as well as his wife, Tanya, during the event. 

GW students at the event spoke to The Post Millennial about their thoughts and feelings afterwards. Law student Sean Adler said of the event: "It was great. The last one I went to, I was an undergrad at Penn. It was pretty good, I thought. I always like Jack Posobiec at these things." 

Another law student attending the event told TPM: "It was refreshing to hear people who have similar perspectives to us. We're used to hearing other opinions that are different from ours in school, and I welcome the other opinions, but it's nice to hear people on our side." 


Poster at GWU on April 2, 2026: Thomas Stevenson

Although there was a good reception at the event from those who attended, some heckled those standing in line as they walked by. One female passerby yelled that the event was for "fascists" and "nazis."

Others protested the event by hanging up posters depicting both Kirk and Leavitt as “America’s white chicks.” The posters used a photo from Vanity Fair meant to make Leavitt look older than she is, as well as a still from a video from comedian Druski that mocked Kirk as she has been grieving the passing of her husband.