Posted on 08/19/2026 10:14:01 AM PDT by DFG
CNN commentator Scott Jennings is being pushed to replace Karline Leavitt as White House press secretary, according to a new report.
According to the Daily Mail, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is pushing for Jennings, 48, to replace Karoline Leavitt, who is stepping down to spend time with her family.
“It’s his if he wants it,” the Daily Mail quoted a source as saying. “And he does.”
The report said President Donald Trump is partial to having a female press secretary.
The report said Jennings and Wiles were meeting even before Leavitt’s plans were ever made public.
Over the weekend, Trump met with multiple potential candidates for the post at his Bedminster golf club.
Among those who met with Trump, the report said, were Trump’s former attorney, Alina Habba.
Habba, 42, real estate giant Bill Pulte, 38, and aide Natalie Harp, 35.
“They were all trying to get in front of him this weekend. It was like The Apprentice,” one source said. “It reeks of desperation.”
Other candidates listed by the Mail include former Department of Homeland Security press secretary Katie Zacharia, ex-DHS representative Tricia McLaughlin, Breitbart Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle, Republican National Committee representative Elizabeth Pipko, White House communications chief Steven Cheung, and former Kennedy Center representative Roma Daravi.
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CNN VETERAN & TRUMP???
NOT A GOOD MATCH,IMO.
Karline?
I kind of like the mental image of Stephen Miller being up there but I think he’d make too many reporters in the room cry.
Whomever he picks, it must be a bulldog, sharp as a tack, unflappable, and yet engaging.
Sounds like Joy Reid and Mourning Joe and Mika turned it down.
I vote for Bill Parcells.
If he was younger
“that’s a stupid question”
I used to love his press conferences, especially after a loss.
Scott Jennings stands up to all the leftists he encounters on CNN, and leaves them speechless and fumbling, unlike all other “conservatives” the MSM employs.
He is the sharp apologist that Trump needs, as Leavitt was.
Perfect fit.
Good choice.
I really like Tricia McLaughlin. I know she had a somewhat scandal with her husband’s business contracts, but she would be very capable at this job.
Tyrus.
Scott Jennings can slide the shiv in while seeming reasonable and an all-round good guy. A lot of PR flacks filibuster or dance around questions. That’s not Scott.
and, it removes maybe the last bit of sanity from CNN!
Recommended by the elderly female Chief of Staff who has never claimed she was a Conservative?
No, no, and no!
LOL- have you even watched Scott Jennings??? He’s an ass kicker that destroys liberal panelists on CNN despite being out numbered 5 to 1....it would be a great choice...
But is he going to feel the need to appear balanced and independent? That’s not the role of press secretary.
You don’t get out much do you?
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