Trump's White House press secretary: 5 possible picks
As President-elect Trump fills out his Cabinet ahead of Inauguration Day, speculation is swirling inside Mar-A-Lago and across media circles about whom he might tap to fill the key role of White House press secretary.
Here are five candidates for what will again be one of the most high-profile jobs in Trump’s White House.
Karoline Leavitt
Leavitt is widely viewed as the favorite, having served as the Trump campaign’s top spokesperson and messenger.
Leavitt, 27, served as a press aide and speech writer for Trump during his first administration. She ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress in New Hampshire's 1st District, though she won a contested GOP primary.
If she were to be selected, Leavitt would be the youngest serving White House press secretary since Ron Ziegler in the 1970s during President Richard Nixon’s administration. He was 29 at the time.
Leavitt worked under former White House press secretary turned Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany before taking a job as communications director for Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), whom Trump tapped this week to serve as ambassador to the United Nations.
Leavitt was a near-constant presence on conservative networks during the campaign. She is known to be relentlessly on message in her........
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