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

The Associated Press said the White House barred its reporter from Tuesday’s Oval Office executive order signing because of the AP style guidance on using the name Gulf of Mexico versus Gulf of America.

The Associated Press says it was barred from an Oval Office event for refusing to use the term "Gulf of America" in their articles in accordance with Trump's executive order.