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This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

I'm your host, Greg Sargent.

On Tuesday, press secretary Caroline Levitt gave her first media briefing in the White House. It was pretty ugly.

Levitt unleashed a really sleazy, gratuitous attack on Joe Biden's age, dodged responsibility for the rise in egg prices on Trump's watch, and even defended Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship. The attack on Biden is significant, we think, because it shows that a certain type of

ugly, abusive, maga-trolling ethic is now fully installed inside the White House. And we're talking

about all this today with salon writer Amanda Marcotte, who's one of the best out there at deconstructing the psychology of that maga-trolling ethic.

Good to have you back on, Amanda.

Thanks for having me.

So let's start with Caroline Levitt's attack on Biden.

A reporter asked about the price of eggs, and this is what happened.

Egg prices have skyrocketed since President Trump took office.

So what specifically is he doing to lower those costs for Americans?

Really glad you brought this up, because there is a lot of reporting out there that is putting the onus on this White House for the increased cost of eggs.

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