Caroline Leavitt

They should be concerned about the fact that people in their cities right now are being gunned down every single night.

And the president, all he's trying to do is fix it.

And there has been a complete smear campaign by the Democrats and the media being really mean.

Media, quite frankly.

I was reading Political Playbook this morning, one of the most inside the beltway newsletters you can find.

And you guys are framing this like the president wants to take over the American cities with the military.

The president wants to help these local leaders who have been completely ineffective in securing their own cities.

I was going to you in the blue shirt and tie the Daily Mail.

It's not something I've heard discussed.

And we don't comment on clemency requests that may or may not have been made.

But I'm certainly not tracking that one at this point.

Is he willing to give more?

to share more on what he'd like to negotiate on the Affordable Care Act later.

Is he willing to say specifically what he would like and when?

But look, the president is definitely committed to fixing and improving our healthcare system.

You saw it again last week when he had one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world coming into the Oval Office and promising to lower drug prices by 200, 300, 100% in many cases for various types of drugs for American patients.

That is a huge fix to a broken.

It's not something I've heard discussed.

And we don't comment on clemency requests that may or may not have been made.

But I'm certainly not tracking that one at this point in time.