White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt knocked a reporter for asking a ‘stupid question’ when being queried Wednesday over potential protests at President Donald Trump‘s military parade on Saturday.

Jasmine Wright, from nonprofit journalism startup NOTUS, questioned the warning Trump gave protesters on Tuesday of being met with a ‘very big force’ at this weekend’s parade to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary – which also happens to take place on the president’s 79th birthday.

When Wright asked if ‘peaceful protests on Saturday’ would be allowed to go ahead, Leavitt cut her down.

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‘Of course the president supports peaceful protests. What a stupid question,’ Leavitt snapped.

Trump has referred to protesters in Los Angeles as ‘people who despise our nation’ and claimed they may even been ‘paid insurrectionists.’

Wright’s original question asked Leavitt to ‘clarify what kind of protest President Trump does support or find acceptable.’

‘The president absolutely supports peaceful protests. He supports the First Amendment. He supports the right of Americans to make their voices heard,’ the press secretary answered.

‘He does not support violence of any kind, he does not support assaulting law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their jobs.’

‘It’s very clear for the president what he supports and what he does not,’ Leavitt continued. ‘Unfortunately for Democrats that line has not been made clear, and they’ve allowed this unrest and violence to continue and the president has had to step in.’

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt snapped at a reporter during Tuesday’s briefing and told she asked a ‘stupid question’ when queried about whether peaceful protests would be allowed to take place during the Saturday military parade

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that people protesting Saturday’s military parade in Washington, D.C. – to celebrate the Army’s 250th anniversary, on the day of his birthday – would ‘be met with very big force’

Leavitt then moved on to the next reporter during a quick, 26-minute briefing.

Organizers with the ‘No Kings’ movement are planning demonstrations across the country to coincide with Saturday’s military parade and concert, to take place alongside Constitution Avenue and then at the Ellipse.

‘No Kings’ planners have pushed potential demonstrators to not take to the streets in D.C. – where there is already a robust security response.

The White House, Capitol and certain roadways have been outlined with fencing ahead of Saturday’s events.

Instead ‘No Kings’ organizers have encouraged people to protest in Philadelphia or in suburban Maryland and Virginia, instead of D.C. proper.

During Tuesday’s briefing, Leavitt was also asked if the president sees himself as a ‘king.’

‘The president views himself as the president of the United States of America,’ Leavitt said. ‘This is a constitutional republic and we want to see all of our citizens be proud of the country in which they are given the privilege and the blessing to live.’

Tuesday’s briefing was dominated by questions about ongoing protests in Los Angeles – with demonstrations also popping up in major cities including New York and Chicago – all over Trump’s ‘mass deportation’ plan.

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt showed photographs of burning cars during her Tuesday briefing as she tried to justify President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize the California National Guard and send U.S. Marines to quell the anti-ICE demonstrations

Leavitt tried to justify Trump federalizing California’s National Guard members and U.S. Marines to deal with the LA unrest by pointing to ‘those images of foreign flags being waved by illegal criminals and by violent rioters in the face of cars blowing up and flames in the city.’

She showed a number of photos of burning cars at the top of the briefing.

‘President Trump saw these images and he said that is not going to be accepted or tolerated,’ Leavitt said. ‘And hence why he deployed the National Guard and United States Marines who have helped quell the violence.’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has sued over the National Guard use arguing that Trump lacked that authority to do so over the wishes of the governor.

Leavitt was asked Tuesday whether other Democratic governors would be asked ahead of a similar National Guard deployment.

‘President Trump was in contact with Gov. Gavin Newsom despite some of the claims he’s made in the last couple of days,’ Leavitt said, noting that Trump called the California Democrat Friday evening.

Leavitt said Trump gave Newsom 24 hours to ‘get it together’ before making the decision to federalize California’s National Guard.

She didn’t commit to Trump getting Democratic governors’ permission if a similar thing happened again.

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President Donald Trump visited Fort Bragg on Tuesday and previewed Saturday’s military parade. Some protest organizers are actually telling people to avoid protesting in D.C. – and instead to do so in Philadelphia or suburban Virginia or Maryland

Leavitt instead argued that law enforcement officers have been ‘kneecapped by incompetent Democrat policies and Democrat politicians,’ using incorrect grammar to disparage the rival party.

She concluded the briefing after being asked why Trump hasn’t made more clear his support for ‘First Amendment protection.’

‘Why is he not out saying all peaceful protesters will be protected?’ asked David Sanger of The New York Times.

Leavitt answered that ‘two things can be important at the same time.’

‘And the president, as I just answered, supports the right of Americans to peacefully protest. He supports the First Amendment. But that is not the majority of the behavior that we have seen taking place in Los Angeles,’ she continued.