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Florida AG demands nurse’s license revoked after ‘vile’ TikTok, supporters say free speech
BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Saturday called for the revocation of a Boca Raton labor and delivery nurse’s license, calling her “vile” after a viral TikTok showed her wishing severe childbirth injuries on White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
According to previous reports, the nurse — identified as Alexis “Lexie” Lawler — was fired from Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital following the video, which included explicit language. Baptist Health confirmed her termination, saying the remarks violated the hospital’s standards for compassionate, unbiased patient care.
In the video, Lawler says it “gives [her] great joy” to wish Leavitt would suffer a fourth-degree tear during childbirth — the most severe type of obstetric tear…