BOCA RATON, Fla. – After a Florida nurse lost her job over a viral TikTok video, state records show she’s now had her license taken away, as well.
According to state records, the nurse — identified as Alexis Lawler in Boca Raton — posted a TikTok video where she made graphic comments about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who recently announced her pregnancy.
Lawler reportedly said it “gives (her) great joy” to wish Leavitt would suffer a fourth-degree tear during childbirth — the most severe kind of vaginal tear.
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“I hope you (expletive) rip from bow to stern and never (expletive) normally again, you (expletive),” she can be heard saying in the video.
After her video went viral, Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer announced on Facebook that he reached out to the hospital she worked at, confirming that she was “no longer employed there.”
I was in touch with hospital leadership as soon as I learned this afternoon and have been informed that this person is no longer employed there. These disgusting comments have no place in medicine or in our community. https://t.co/6QoeQkvFrw
— Scott Singer (@ScottSingerUSA) January 23, 2026
But that’s not where it ended. On Sunday evening, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced via X that he was “glad she lost her job.”
The attorney general also brought up the controversy during a news conference on Monday, arguing that Lawler should have her license taken away.
“When you have nurses, healthcare officials that are threatening the livelihood, threatening moms going through delivery — the toughest of times — for partisan political reasons, that is wrong," he said. “These people should not have a license. If you’re going to make threats saying because somebody is a Republican, I hope they get injured severely during childbirth, that’s unacceptable.”
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Being fired isn’t good enough. Any healthcare worker who fails to uphold his or her obligation to provide adequate, safe healthcare should not be licensed in Florida.
— Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) January 27, 2026
No excuses! https://t.co/xbke5PVZoX
News 6 searched state records with the Department of Health, which show that Lawler had her license suspended by Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on Wednesday.
The suspension order argues that Lawler’s actions constituted an “immediate, serious danger to the health, welfare and safety of the public.”
“Lawler’s personal hatred and sincere hope for harm of a vile and graphic nature to a pregnant woman shows that Lawler has little regard for the safety and well-being of others, including her patients, lacks good judgment, and is not capable of caring for patients in a manner that is effective and safe.”
Order of Emergency Suspension of License (Jan. 28, 2026)
As such, the order states that Lawler engaged in unprofessional conduct, thus violating state statutes.
It’s not the first time that the state has gone after officials for social media activity, though.
Following the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk last year, Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas warned educators against posting “despicable comments” online.
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Afterward, Uthmeier also announced that the state had launched a new online portal through which members of the public could report evidence of teachers making “threats of violent extremism,” including social media posts.
“Any educator who makes vile, despicable comments celebrating and encouraging violence in schools will be investigated and held accountable,” Kamoutsas said at the time.
The full suspension order for Lawler can be found below.