Posted on 06/14/2019 12:49:24 PM PDT by jazusamo
The surprise announcement that Sarah Sanders plans to leave the Trump administration has sparked a heated contest to succeed her as White House press secretary, with President Trump telling Fox News “a lot of people” are angling for the gig.
Speaking to “Fox & Friends” on Friday, the president declined to name who he is considering for the job but said, “I have a lot of people that want it -- a lot of great people -- and sometimes you have so many that makes it more difficult.”
Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley, former State Department spokesman Heather Nauert and Melania Trump adviser Stephanie Grisham are among those believed to be under consideration for the role, according to one source close to the White House.
Gidley is close to Sanders, having previously worked on her father Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaigns. He is currently the principal deputy White House spokesman.
Nauert, a former Fox News journalist, was the top State Department spokesman until she was nominated by Trump to serve as United Nations ambassador. She ended up withdrawing her name from consideration for the U.N. job earlier this year.
Grisham is a top aide and spokeswoman to first lady Melania Trump. “Tough, smart, has the confidence of the family,” said one former senior Trump adviser.
Asked about the possibility of choosing her during his “Fox & Friends” interview, Trump said, “Stephanie is terrific.”
Others believed to be under consideration, according a source, include Tony Sayegh, who left his job as Treasury Department spokesman this week, and State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus, a former Fox News contributor.
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I’d go with Candace Owens. Anytime someone gave her a hard time she could say that they were a bunch of racists. Give them back their own Alinsky crappola.
Kimberly Guilfoyle
I nominate the wooden Indian outside Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota.
I like Sarah Palin but she does poorly under pressure.
Mr T
There are a ton of things they have to do to get the press around. It’s not a fun job.
Yes, she lacks gravitas. I think it will be someone we’ve never heard of.
Without drama, news is drab..........LOL!
I’d forgotten about Candace. She would be so great. We need someone strong and audacious, not a plain vanilla (I don’t mean white; I mean boring) Nauert, Gidley, etc. I also like Bongino, but I think he’d super-nova the first day on the first question. LOL!
I like Hogan Gidley too. He’s smart, tough, quick on his feet, and has already proven himself.
Oh my. This would be the guy. The leftist need not show up. Bill will just answer their idiotic question with a question.
Ted Nugent
That reflects perfectly what WaPo has become, nothing but a low life rag.
It is hard to imagine anyone who can retain composure through the crap storm press briefings have become like Sarah Sanders can.
I’m personally pulling for either Ted Nugent or Mark Levin. Either will eviscerate the press, with Ted being more entertaining, and Mark being more intellectually satisfying.
Kellyanne Conway would be a great choice.
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