YOU’RE WATCHING WPBF 25 NEWS. A FORMER BOCA RATON LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE WHOSE COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA TARGETING PREGNANT WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY CAROLINE LEAVITT IS NOW LASHING OUT AFTER LOSING HER JOB OVER HER ACTIONS. WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS FRIDAY, REPORTER ANGELA ROZIER SHARES HER NEW COMMENTS AND THE RESPONSE TONIGHT FROM THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL. WELL, THAT NEW POST BY THAT NURSE IS SPARKING CONVERSATION. WHEN YOU HAVE NURSES, HEALTH CARE OFFICIALS THAT ARE THREATENING THE LIVELIHOOD, THREATENING MOMS GOING THROUGH DELIVERY. YOU KNOW, THE TOUGHEST OF TIMES FOR PARTIZAN POLITICAL REASONS. THAT IS WRONG. THESE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE A LICENSE. THAT’S FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES UTHMEIER RESPONDING TO THE COMMENT THE NURSE POSTED ON HER TIKTOK PAGE LAST WEEK IN RESPONSE TO WHITE HOUSE SPOKESWOMAN CAROLINE LEAVITT ANNOUNCING SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH HER SECOND CHILD, IN WHICH SHE SAID, QUOTE, AS A LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE, IT GIVES ME GREAT JOY TO WISH CAROLINE LEAVITT A FOURTH DEGREE TEAR, WHICH IS THE MOST SEVERE TYPE OF TEAR DURING CHILDBIRTH. IN A NEW 15 SECOND SOCIAL MEDIA POST, THE NURSE SAYS, QUOTE, SO THEY JUST MURDERED A MAN IN MINNESOTA. THEY MURDERED A MAN IN AND YOU EXPLETIVE ARE COMING AFTER ME BECAUSE I USE BAD LANGUAGE. SHE GOES ON TO SAY SHE’S ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THEN ENDED THE VIDEO WITH AN EXPLETIVE OF MEYER POSTING ON HIS PERSONAL ACCOUNT THAT, QUOTE, THE FLORIDA BOARD OF NURSING YANKED THIS VILE PERSON’S LICENSE IMMEDIATELY. SHE DOESN’T BELONG ANYWHERE NEAR PATIENTS. THE WOMAN WAS A NURSE AT BAPTIST HEALTH BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL ISSUED A STATEMENT LAST FRIDAY STATING THE INDIVIDUAL IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED THERE. WE HAVE NOT RELEASED HER NAME BECAUSE THE HOSPITAL HAS NOT IDENTIFIED HER. IF YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE THREATS SAYING, BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS A REPUBLICAN, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THEY GET INJURED SEVERELY DURING CHILDBIRTH, THAT’S UNACCEPTABLE. THAT PERSON SHOULD NOT BE A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. WE REACHED OUT AGAIN T
Florida nurse’s social media comments about White House press secretary continues to draw criticism
Updated: 7:08 PM EST Jan 26, 2026
A former labor-and-delivery nurse from Boca Raton is facing backlash for making offensive comments on social media about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, prompting Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to call for the revocation of her nursing license.When you have nurses, health care officials that are threatening the livelihood, threatening moms going through delivery, the toughest of times for partisan political reasons, that is wrong. These people should not have a license,” Uthmeier said.The nurse posted on her TikTok page last week, expressing a wish for Leavitt to experience a severe childbirth complication after Leavitt announced her pregnancy with her second child. In her post, she said, “As a labor and delivery nurse, it gives me great joy to wish Karoline Leavitt a 4th degree tear,” referring to the most severe type of tear during childbirth.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsIn a new 15-second social media post, the nurse said, “So they just murdered a man in Minnesota — they murdered a man in Minnesota and you ‘expletive’ — are coming after me because I used bad language.” She concluded the video by asserting she was on the “right side” and ended with an expletive.Uthmeier took to his personal X account, stating, “The Florida Board of Nursing should yank this vile person’s license immediately. She doesn’t belong anywhere near patients.”The nurse was previously employed at Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital, which confirmed last Friday that she is no longer employed there. The hospital has not identified her, and her name has not been released.”If you’re going to make threats saying because somebody is a Republican, you know, I hope they get injured severely during childbirth, that’s unacceptable. That person should not be a health care provider,” Uthmeier said.Attempts to reach the nurse for further comment were met with a response of “Sorry, no comment.”Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. —
A former labor-and-delivery nurse from Boca Raton is facing backlash for making offensive comments on social media about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, prompting Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to call for the revocation of her nursing license.
When you have nurses, health care officials that are threatening the livelihood, threatening moms going through delivery, the toughest of times for partisan political reasons, that is wrong. These people should not have a license,” Uthmeier said.
The nurse posted on her TikTok page last week, expressing a wish for Leavitt to experience a severe childbirth complication after Leavitt announced her pregnancy with her second child. In her post, she said, “As a labor and delivery nurse, it gives me great joy to wish Karoline Leavitt a 4th degree tear,” referring to the most severe type of tear during childbirth.
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In a new 15-second social media post, the nurse said, “So they just murdered a man in Minnesota — they murdered a man in Minnesota and you ‘expletive’ — are coming after me because I used bad language.” She concluded the video by asserting she was on the “right side” and ended with an expletive.
Uthmeier took to his personal X account, stating, “The Florida Board of Nursing should yank this vile person’s license immediately. She doesn’t belong anywhere near patients.”
The nurse was previously employed at Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital, which confirmed last Friday that she is no longer employed there. The hospital has not identified her, and her name has not been released.
“If you’re going to make threats saying because somebody is a Republican, you know, I hope they get injured severely during childbirth, that’s unacceptable. That person should not be a health care provider,” Uthmeier said.
Attempts to reach the nurse for further comment were met with a response of “Sorry, no comment.”
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