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 Huckabees 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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Be worth paying folding money to see that in the press room !
I like the way he stood down Jim Acosta at a press conference when subbing for Sarah Sanders: "Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim . . ."
Coveted? Perhaps he can do without one. They havent had many conferences since bad boy Acosta.
Lol...
Chris Plante, or Bill OReilly please.
We don’t need a softy
Please no. And it would require her working.
Diamond and Silk.
Agree. Bring back Scaramucci.
Your joking right?
God I hope so, Ann has become a ZOMBIE as far as I’m concerned.
Hadn’t thought of that. YES!
The best choice !
Leni
While you are right about it being a loss because of the way she handled the left-wing media, there are many who can and will do a great job. Just make sure their they are true conservative’s.
I’ll do it for free, just for a chance to start a fist fight with Acosta and watch him piss himself in the beat Down!
I like Hogan Gidley too.
Dan Bongino...................
Great idea!
Too nice? Well, you can interpret his demeanor that way but his giggles and laughter as he tears the Deep State Media apart is more like the hungry vulture who just found fresh road kill.
I agree. I would call the job “thankless”. Not “coveted”
Yes. I would want to be paid VERY well.
——Radio talk show host Mike Gallagher——
Nice guy, good radio show....
The WH press would eat him alive....
I can’t see him bitch slapping Jim Acosta.....
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