WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Karoline Leavitt, the youngest individual to function White Home press secretary, will make her debut within the briefing room on Tuesday.
Her first briefing is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.
The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room was the location of clashes between spokespeople and journalists throughout President Donald Trump’s first time period. Trump, a Republican, additionally made frequent appearances there himself throughout the coronavirus outbreak.
It’s unclear how usually Leavitt, 27, plans to carry briefings. Trump had 4 press secretaries throughout his first administration, Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham and Kayleigh McEnany, and Grisham by no means held a briefing, whereas the others have been extra frequent presences behind the rostrum.
Leavitt was a spokesperson for Trump’s marketing campaign and transition, and he mentioned she did “an exceptional job” when he introduced in November that she’d be his White Home press secretary.
“Karoline is wise, robust, and has confirmed to be a extremely efficient communicator,” he mentioned then in an announcement. “I’ve the utmost confidence she’s going to excel on the podium, and assist ship our message to the American Individuals as we Make America Nice Once more.”
Beforehand, the youngest press secretary was Ronald Ziegler, who was 29 when he took the place in 1969 in Richard Nixon’s administration.
Grisham was arguably the nation’s least seen press secretary in trendy historical past, not holding a press briefing throughout 9 months on the job. Whereas she made occasional appearances on the Fox Information Channel, she most well-liked to tape her interviews in a studio to keep away from having to talk to reporters who collect on the White Home driveway to interview officers after they seem on TV by way of cameras arrange exterior the manager mansion.
The White Home press secretary sometimes serves as the general public face of the administration and traditionally has held day by day briefings for the press corps.
Trump disrupted these norms in his first time period, preferring to function his personal chief spokesperson. Whereas he was president from 2017 to 2021, he regularly most well-liked to have interaction immediately with the general public, from his rallies, social media posts and his personal briefings.
At a information convention this previous August, Trump was requested if he’d have common press briefings in his new administration. He instructed reporters, “I gives you complete entry, and also you’ll have a whole lot of press briefings, and also you’ll have, uh, from me.”
When it got here to a press secretary, he mentioned: “Most likely they’ll do one thing. If it’s not day by day, it’s going to be lots. You’ll have greater than you need.”