"If we feel that there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room, we are going to hold those lies accountable," said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

The White House said Wednesday that news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico were telling “lies” and insisted it would continue to bar Associated Press journalists from presidential events.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday defended the decision to block the Associated Press from access to an Oval Office event earlier this week, saying they were trying to hold the news organization “accountable” for not renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.