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Meet the glamorous MAGA frontrunners looking to replace White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during maternity leave
Daily Mail ^ | 28 March 2026 | Alyssa Guzman

Posted on 04/05/2026 3:29:38 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

As Karoline Leavitt gears up to welcome her second child, there's chatter on who will fill her role during her maternity leave...

Leavitt, 28, is due in May, and three women in her press office are seen as potential stand-ins during her absence:

Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly, Assistant Press Secretary Taylor Rogers, and Regional Press Secretary Liz Huston.

Kelly joined the White House in January and brings extensive political experience, having worked on several Republican campaigns. Prior to being on Leavitt's team, she worked for the Republican National Convention as a national press secretary and as communications director for the House of Representatives, according to her LinkedIn profile. Kelly also has a background in beauty pageants, including winning the 2019 Miss State Fair of Virginia title.

Rogers, who got engaged in December, also joined the White House press team at the start of Trump's second term. Like her boss, Rogers is also an alumnus of Republican National Convention, where she wrote for just under two years before joining the White House. The Clemson graduate has stood beside Leavitt in the Oval Office and proudly posts about her time at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave on social media.

Huston, an Indiana University graduate, previously worked at StateRAMP, a cybersecurity company, where served as a program manager following an internship...


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: briefing; communications; karolineleavitt; leavitt; media; press; presssec; presssecretary; wh; whitehouse
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To: Bonemaker

And a master swordsman at that.


21 posted on 04/05/2026 5:13:42 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I’ll wait til the swimsuit competition to make a formal recommendation


22 posted on 04/05/2026 5:16:43 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Whoever it is has some mighty big shoes to fill, performance and character wise.


23 posted on 04/05/2026 5:27:30 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

At least Leavitt ran for Congress, so she at least has experience at something other than being eye candy in a low-ranking political staff job.


24 posted on 04/05/2026 5:38:54 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: Dutch Boy

No... should be a serious man in a business suit.


25 posted on 04/05/2026 5:39:52 PM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: jacknhoo

Yeah, it’s hard to fill the big shoes of 28 year old mass communication grads that minored in poli-sci. You don’t find them at every Starbucks... oh wait, you actually do...

195,000 a year...


26 posted on 04/05/2026 5:44:30 PM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

May whomever gets picked have a sharp wit and a sharper tongue.


27 posted on 04/05/2026 5:52:35 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Technical Graduate, Quality Learing Center)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Is Laz on the selection committee?


28 posted on 04/05/2026 6:55:28 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

And DM could not suck more.
The idiot readers who post comments there all sound like Nazis. England and Europe have totally forgotten WW2, which they would have lost without us.

“Hitler who?”


29 posted on 04/05/2026 7:55:27 PM PDT by Veto! ((Trump is Superman))
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To: FreedomForce
"Not very diverse."

Roger that. Trump needs to find a learning-disabled black lesbian.

Oh, that's already been tried....

30 posted on 04/05/2026 8:09:05 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Political Junkie Too
Give Kayleigh McEnany a leave of absence from Fox News and let her fill in for Leavitt. McEnany still prepares like she's President Trump's press secretary every day for her appearances on Fox's shows. She could step in tomorrow without missing a beat, and is already battle-tested. And... she'd be happy to relinquish the job once Leavitt return

Excellent idea.

31 posted on 04/05/2026 8:19:23 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: A_perfect_lady

bttt


32 posted on 04/05/2026 9:11:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Psalm 73

“Trump needs to find a learning-disabled black lesbian.”

In addition to those stirling qualities, he should get one from a third-world shithole country, too. Like Haiti, for example. Those people are really smart. Or maybe Somalia. They are really smart, too.


33 posted on 04/05/2026 9:12:44 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Tyrus. He wanted the job for at least a week.

Katie Hopkins from across the pond.


34 posted on 04/05/2026 10:05:08 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

How about Rita Panahi? She’d be great!


35 posted on 04/05/2026 10:27:50 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: DesertRhino
A bunch of very young cutesy girls… gets tiresome

I knew it, DesertHomo.

36 posted on 04/06/2026 5:39:19 AM PDT by xone ( )
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To: xone

Mark Davis. He starts his radio show with a prayer. Just think of him doing the same thing with a press conference. The folks at MS would blow a gasket.


37 posted on 04/06/2026 6:17:56 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Nice idea, prayer to torch LSM, then you don’t need the exorcist.


38 posted on 04/06/2026 7:06:03 AM PDT by xone ( )
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