White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is being called out for her hypocrisy and outrage over protesters giving the middle finger just days after her boss made the same gesture. Leavitt drew fresh scrutiny after she complained during a White House press briefing on Thursday that some protestors against ICE in Minneapolis had flipped off the federal agents.

When US president Donald Trump was heckled by a union worker in Michigan on Tuesday, the Republican appeared to respond by saying “f*** you” and giving the employee in question the middle finger – and the White House has said such a response was “appropriate and unambiguous”.