He got to ask the first question too.

A MAGA talking head is the latest new recruit to the White House briefing room.
Rogan OâHandley, a.k.a. âDC Draino,â made his first appearance in the new media seat in the coveted federal space Monday, asking a question of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt that was more Trumpian propaganda regarding the potential death of habeas corpus than independent inquiry.
âIn [Donald] Trumpâs first 99 days, weâve seen a coordinated assault on the rule of law by radical judges,â OâHandley said. âThese judges are providing more due process to violent MS-13 and Tren de Aragua illegal aliens than they did for American citizens who peacefully protested on January 6.â
That is, of course, not true. Family members and friends of the deportees accused of being members of the violent Venezuelan gang claimed their loved ones had never been a part of Tren de Aragua. Further still, some of the men forced to board the planes had no criminal recordâsomething that would not have slipped under the radar had they had their time in front of a judge.
And of course, January 6 was by no means peaceful.
OâHandley then went on to quote White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who claimed that it would be âridiculousâ to offer âfull trialsâ for the 15 million immigrants who had crossed the border, presuming that they would all be kicked out of the country.
Last week, Miller claimed that it would take âcenturiesâ to remove immigrants from the country if the Trump administration were to abide by the Constitution in executing its mass deportation program.
On Instagram, OâHandley insisted that his voice in the White House briefing room had tried to âprovide solutions for doing mass deportationsâ rather than âcomplain.â
The White House opened up its briefing room to ânew mediaâ in January, a category that encompasses professional journalists as well as podcasters, influencers, and other news-related content creators. In Trumpâs second term, these special few are allowed the first opportunity to speak during each biweekly session, during which Leavitt will typically answer 15 to 20 questions.
So far, some of the occupants of the ânew mediaâ chair have included content creators from Breitbart, the right-wing video platform Rumble, BreakingPoints, the Daily Wire, former Newsmax host Mark Halperin, and the right-wing substack Washington Reporter.
The Trump administration announced in March that it would be conducting a total shakeup of the briefing roomâs seating chart, bumping heads with the White House Correspondentsâ Associationâan independent group that has traditionally overseen seat assignmentsâas the Trump administration attempts to control who gets their questions answered.