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Kayleigh McEnany
| Kayleigh McEnany | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Donald Trump presidential administration |
| Role: | White House Press Secretary |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Expertise: | Communications |
| Affiliation: | Republican Party |
| Prior Experience | |
| Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign | |
Kayleigh McEnany was a White House Press Secretary in the presidential administration of Donald Trump (R). She previously served as the press secretary for the President Trump's re-election campaign, a role she held beginning in February 2019.[1] As of August 2025, she co-hosted the show Outnumbered on Fox News.[2]
Biography
McEnany received a bachelor's degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 2010 and interned for former president George W. Bush (R) as an undergraduate.[3] She received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2016.[1]
McEnany began her political career as a cable news commentator for CNN during the 2016 presidential election cycle.[4] She had previously worked in media at Fox News and made her first appearance on the air in 2011.[1] McEnany left her job at CNN in August 2017 and hosted a video streaming program aired on Trump's Facebook page.[4] She was named a national spokesperson for the Republican National Committee later in August 2017.[3] In 2018, she published a book with Simon & Schuster titled The New American Revolution: The Making of a Populist Movement.[5]
McEnany became the national press secretary for President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign in February 2019.[1]
Work and experience
White House press secretary
On April 7, 2020 Trump named McEnany as press secretary, replacing Stephanie Grisham, who stepped down to serve as chief of staff and spokeswoman for First Lady Melania Trump.[6] At 31-years-old, CNN reported McEnany was one of the youngest White House press secretaries to hold the role.[1] She hosted her first press briefing on May 1, 2020, the first in-person briefing since March of 2019.[7]
Fox News
On March 2, 2021, Fox News host Harris Faulkner announced on-air that McEnany would be joining the network.[8] Later that month, the network announced that McEnany would co-host the program Outnumbered with Faulkner, co-host Emily Compagno, and a rotating group of other panelists.[9]
Notable endorsements
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Noteworthy events
On October 5, 2020, McEnany announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.[10]
See also
- What is an influencer?
- Donald Trump
- Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020
- Donald Trump White House staff
- Stephanie Grisham
- Sean Spicer
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 CNN , "Kayleigh McEnany set to become fourth Trump press secretary," April 8, 2020
- ↑ X , "Kayleigh McEnany," accessed August 11, 2025
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Business Insider, "Meet Kayleigh McEnany, the combative 31-year-old Trump defender and next White House press secretary," April 7, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Washington Post , "CNN made Kayleigh McEnany into everything Trump would want in a press secretary," April 8, 2020
- ↑ Simon & Schuster, "The New American Revolution," accessed April 8, 2020
- ↑ Fox News "Trump names campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany as new White House press secretary," April 8, 2020
- ↑ Associated Press' "New Trump spokeswoman debuts at first press secretary brief in over a year," May 1, 2020
- ↑ NBC News , "Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany joins Fox News," March 2, 2021
- ↑ Fox News , "Kayleigh McEnany named co-host of Fox News' 'Outnumbered'," March 30, 2021
- ↑ The Hill', "McEnany tests positive for COVID-19," October 5, 2020
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