A Florida nurse was fired after posting a viral video on social media wishing that President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, would be seriously injured during childbirth.

The nurse, identified as Lexie Lawler, was fired from Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital after she was recorded in a TikTok video saying she expects Leavitt to suffer a fourth-degree tear during delivery with long-term complications.

Leavitt is currently expecting her second baby with husband Nicholas Riccio.

“As a labor and delivery nurse, I’m so happy to wish Karoline Leavitt a fourth-degree tear,” Lawler said in the since-deleted TikTok, according to multiple Departures. “I hope you break from stem to stern and never shit normally again, bastard.”

A spokesperson for Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital later confirmed Lawler’s firing in a Jan. 23 statement to local media. WPTV and News 12.

“Comments made in a social media video by a nurse at one of our facilities do not reflect our values ​​or the standards we expect from healthcare professionals,” the hospital spokesperson said. “Upon a quick review, the individual is no longer employed by our health system.”

The spokesperson added that while the hospital respects the right to personal opinion, “there is no place in healthcare for language or behavior that calls into question a caregiver’s ability to provide compassionate and impartial care.”

Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer condemned Lawler’s comments in a publish in X It’s January 22nd.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has not publicly addressed Lawler's comments.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has not publicly addressed Lawler’s comments.

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“I contacted hospital management as soon as I found out this afternoon and was informed that this person no longer works there,” the spokesperson wrote along with a clip of the nurse’s comments. “These disgusting comments have no place in medicine or our community.”

The White House and Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital did not immediately respond to News themezone’s request for comment.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier urged the Florida Board of Nursing to revoke Lawler’s license in a statement to News.

“Women should not have to worry about a politically driven nurse who wishes them pain and suffering being in the delivery room during childbirth,” Uthmeier told the outlet.

He added: “It’s evil. The Florida Board of Nursing must take action to keep this person away from patients permanently.”

Lawler defended himself against the criticism in a separate video on Monday after his firing, according to People.

“So a man was just murdered in Minnesota,” he said, referring to ICU nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed Saturday by Border Patrol agents.

Lawler added: “They murdered a man in Minnesota, and you motherfuckers are coming after me because I used profanity. Screw you. I’m on the right side of this. Screw you.”