Within hours, the 27-year-old, who was the spokesperson for Donald Trump during his campaign, might make her debut.
The press secretary’s first briefing with the media during a new administration is a significant event.
Trump’s first press secretary during his first term, Sean Spicer, stirred up controversy in his first briefing by claiming that the White House occasionally “disagrees with the facts” and inflated estimates of the inaugural crowd size.
Trump expressed his confidence that Leavitt, who was a former congressional candidate and worked in the White House press office during the first Trump administration, would “excel at the podium and help deliver our message to the American People as we Make America Great Again” when he announced his selection in November.
