Karoline Leavitt Calls Some Members Of Gen Z Lazy | The View

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levin is coming under fire from both parties for her thoughts on why young voters are embracing democratic socialism. Take a look. My generation, I hate to say it, Gen Z and those younger than me have been raised with just silver spoons in their mouth, just getting everything handed to them. That's not the values this country was built on. It was built on meritocracy and hard work, pulling up your sleeves, pulling yourself up from your bootstraps and achieving the American dream. Gross. Well, people were quick to point out that it's not laziness. It's the fact that the economy is not working for them. And there's lots... And stop, you know, painting everybody with the same swath. It's not young people. It's people. Yeah. People. It's not young. It's not old. It's people. If she put any other group in that, they would be on her case. If she said Muslims or black people or Jews or whatever. But you know, she is part of this administration. I just want to read this. Yes. Trump refused to sign a bipartisan housing bill that would help build more homes and lower the price. They implemented sweeping tariffs that have raised the cost of groceries and household goods and proposed to defund affordable care and Planned Parenthood. So these are the things that people want. And the Trump administration is taking it away from people, which is why this so-called democratic socialism, which is really just a buzzword for democracy and affordability, in my opinion. Yeah. I agree with that. I think that they have bastardized, they have bastardized the word. And now they're going pulling people commies. It is the sign of a sinking ship. The Republicans are going down the toilet, and they know it. So they're pulling out these stupid cards like they're calling Democrats communists. Give me a break. Well, we talk about affordability in the... Meanwhile, he's on the phone with Putin every day. Well, affordability was what everyone was promised this election, especially the people that put him in office, and that's not what we've gotten. But it's important to know that when she references this country was built on hard work and all of that, that's great. But not every generation... It was built on free slave labor. But it... Sorry. That's right. That is true. That as well. But I think she's speaking to the meritocracy of like, if you work, the problem is each generation has not started on the same base. So this generation buys... Their dollar goes almost half as far as the dollar did in 2006. Millennials are the first generation that will not be better off than their parents. Home prices are up from 2005 to 2025, 115%, and AI is coming for a lot of jobs. So I understand why the whole idea of socialism or more larger government providing appeals to young people, but I think it's important that you research who you're voting for. Because as you said, Whoopi, make sure you do your own research. The Democratic Socialists of America also stand on their platform and some of the candidates for not only reducing law enforcement, almost eliminating it in some cases, eliminating borders at all, and eliminating prisons. So I can't imagine a country where no prisons exist, no law enforcement, no borders. It doesn't seem like anything can come but anarchy from that. So just make sure you're not sold on the idea of affordability, but people coming in have other agendas. She has all these things. She got an education. She married a rich guy. So talk about a DEI hire. I think to Joy's point, it's really rich for her at 28 years old. She married a 65-year-old. That's her choice. He's worth $6 million. So I'm not sure where she comes off saying that Gen Z-ers are lazy. I'm raising Gen Z-ers. They work constantly. And I know, I can see it. They make a lot less money. They live paycheck to paycheck. Forty-two percent of Gen Z-ers, two-thirds of Gen Z's are now in the workforce. Forty-two percent of them say they are living paycheck to paycheck. But just to be fair to Caroline, she's been personally very successful. She's had a big career in politics and media. She's made over a million dollars herself. She's 28 years old. But I do think that's probably why she may have a blind spot to what the generational struggles are because I talk about this constantly. It has never been harder for a generation to get ahead in the last 50 years. In the last 50 years. So in 1980, the dollar went three times further than it did today. The average first-time homebuyer is now in their 40s. The American dream that we were promised our parents had is just not as attainable with the rise of technology. Well, here's the truth of the matter. The American dream has always been unattainable for many in this country. That's true. A lot of us started, you know, and a lot of us believed in the promise and saw when we went to the bank that we were treated differently at the bank. When we went to get a loan, we saw we were treated differently. We couldn't go to schools. We couldn't buy places. We couldn't live in the places we wanted to live. So this is always going to be like this. And it's been hard since, you know, I'm 70. I remember my mom just trying to get ahead. My mother too. Yes. Agreed. But I do think this rise of tech is different than what other generations have faced. They're entering the workforce and being told jobs will not exist. But she's blaming it on laziness and that is just not true. The Carolina side of it. But also, it is, it is also something we have to remember is that, listen, if you couldn't get an education, you couldn't pull your bootstraps up because you didn't have any boots. Correct. You know? So let's remember that for women, women couldn't go, you couldn't, a woman couldn't get her own credit card. Now they're cutting the straps. Well. You know, they're cutting the straps, but we have to recognize that whether it was the automobile coming in, it's always going to be something that's going to be freaking people out. True. So how freaked out are we going to be? And what are we going to do about it? That is the question.