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White House Defends Trump Aide's 2021 Photo with Rifle, 'F*** Joe Biden' Shirt

  • Beni Rae Harmony, newly hired as an assistant press secretary and White House spokesperson, faced criticism after a 2021 photo resurfaced showing her holding a rifle and wearing an anti-Joe Biden shirt.
  • Former Republican congressional candidate Jarome Bell posted the photo on Instagram and identified Harmony as his campaign’s public affairs director.
  • The image prompted negative reactions from commentators including Marcy Wheeler, John Harwood, Martina Navratilova, and Michael J. Stern.
  • Harmony previously worked for Real America’s Voice and at a Springfield, Illinois, television station, where she said she was suspended after an on-air tribute to Charlie Kirk.
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The White House has appointed a 24-year-old MAGA activist as its new deputy press secretary. Beni Rae Harmony previously made headlines because of a photo of her posing with a rifle and wearing a T-shirt that read "Fuck Joe Biden."

·Vienna, Austria
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The White House is defending a newly hired press secretary who posed for a photo in 2021 wearing a T-shirt with the words "F...k Joe Biden" and holding a rifle, The Guardian reports.

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While the position of White House press secretary remains vacant, following Karoline Leavitt's early march, Donald Trump has hired a new member of his communication team who has already generated controversy before landing in the government. It is Beni Rae Harmony, a 24-year-old experiodist, who has so far worked as a White House correspondent for the Trump media Real America's Voice, originally created as a platform for the videopodcast of Stev…

·Barcelona, Spain
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Her appointment sparked criticism and controversy, even within the MAGA movement itself. At the center is a photo of her from 2021 that went viral, showing her holding a rifle and wearing a T-shirt that read "Fuck Biden." Beni Rae Harmony, 24, was hired as Donald Trump's press secretary [...] The article "Beni Rae Harmony appointed Trump's new press secretary: her photo with a rifle and a "Fuck Biden" T-shirt goes viral on social media" comes fr…

·Rome, Italy
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The Daily Beast broke the news in New York, United States on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
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