Karoline Leavitt Posted a Message, Interpreting an Earthquake in Utah as a Divine Retribution for the Demise of Charlie Kirk
In a series of posts on her Instagram story, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, has made spiritual assertions about several recent events, including the shooting of children at a Minneapolis church and a 4.1 magnitude earthquake in Utah.
The religious post on Leavitt's Instagram story compared the earthquake, which occurred on the night Charlie Kirk was shot, to Acts 7:57, where the first martyr, Stephen, was stoned. The post stated that the earth trembles when God is angry, and this was inferred to be the case with the Utah earthquake.
Leavitt's only comment above the religious post was 'wow'. In August, she attributed the shooting of children at a Minneapolis church to a 'demonic force'. According to a conservative lifestyle magazine, the shooting was due to a 'demonic force' moving.
In the past, Leavitt has made similar spiritual assertions about violent events. For instance, she believes that President Trump was saved by the grace of God when he was grazed by a bullet at a campaign rally in 2024. She has also claimed that there were evil forces involved in the incident.
Leavitt told The Christian Broadcasting Network that she believes in 'spiritual warfare' and that President Trump is in his current position for a reason. She has also made spiritual claims related to another violent event recently at the White House, where she directly attacked reporters, accusing them of barely or not at all reporting on a murder; however, no specific details about the exact violent event or the spiritual claims themselves are provided in the available information.
The earthquake hit at 5:57 local time and 7:57 Eastern, and it struck near Vernal, Utah, approximately 150 miles from Orem. The post shared by Leavitt on her Instagram story contained scripture-filled theory.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
