Former Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt joins Fox News

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Set us as preferred Karoline Leavitt, the tenacious former Trump White House press secretary, is joining Fox News as a contributor.The network announced Monday that Leavitt, 29, known for her rapid-fire defense of Trump’s policies in the White House briefing room, will be delivering commentary and analysis across Fox News programs starting Nov.1.Leavitt joins a long line of former White House secretaries who have made the jump to TV news punditry.

Her predecessor Kayleigh McEnany is a co-host on the daytime Fox News chat show “Outnumbered” and hosts her own Saturday program.Jen Psaki, landed her own program on MS NOW in 2023 after two years behind the briefing room lectern for President Biden.Leavitt joins Fox News at a time when President Donald Trump has been irritable over negative press coverage as his favorability ratings with the public are at an all-time low.He briefly banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House until a federal judge stepped in.Trump has complained about Fox News coverage as well, although the opinion hosts on the conservative-leaning network have continued to defend him.

Leavitt will likely give the president another robust advocate on the channel he often watches.Trump has hired Fox News personalities for his cabinet as well, naming former weekend host Pete Hegseth as his defense secretary and Jeanine Pirro, a one-time co-host of “The Five,” as U.S.Attorney for the District of Columbia.“Karoline’s first hand experience in the White House and on the presidential campaign trail gives her a distinct understanding of today’s political landscape,” Fox News Media Chief Executive Suzanne Scott said in a statement.

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