Nurse fired for wishing pregnant Karoline Leavitt ‘a fourth-degree tear’

A Florida nurse has been fired for wishing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt a “fourth-degree tear” during her next childbirth.

The labor and delivery nurse, who worked at a hospital in Boca Raton, posted a TikTok video in which she made the comment toward Leavitt. The video went viral and was shared with her employer, Baptist Health South Florida, which subsequently issued a statement announcing the nurse’s removal.

“The 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 of healthcare professionals,” Baptist Health South Florida said in a statement shared with multiple outlets. “Following a prompt review, the individual is no longer employed by our health system.”

The nurse, identified