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This 29-year-old former beauty queen

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might become the new [music] mouthpiece

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for the Trump administration. White

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House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's

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August 12th announcement that she's

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leaving her role stunned the nation and

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triggered a massive buzz about who might

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replace her behind the briefing room

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lectern. However, White House deputy

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press secretary Anna Kelly has emerged

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as a favorite to take on the role,

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according to prediction markets. Given

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that Kelly is immediately below Leavitt

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in the White House communications

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echelon, she could have a leg up on the

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competition with direct experience

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around the role. Nonetheless, Kelly

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presents a distinctly unique resume for

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a senior White House aide. Prior to her

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career in politics, Kelly competed as a

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beauty queen, winning Miss State Fair of

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Virginia in 2019

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and Miss Madison in Wisconsin in 2022.

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She graduated from Auburn University

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with a degree in political science in

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2017 and later attended George

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Washington University, where she earned

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her master's in political management

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[music] in 2021.

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During her time at GW, Kelly began her

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career in politics when she became the

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communications director for the

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Wisconsin Republican National Committee.

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Just 3 years later, the Virginia native

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found herself as the national press

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secretary of the RNC. At the start of

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President Trump's second term, Kelly was

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selected as the principal deputy press

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secretary, where she's been operating

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under Karoline Leavitt. This year, Kelly

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emerged in the spotlight while Leavitt

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was away on maternity leave, taking on

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the role as a public representative of

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the administration.

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>> Nothing's changed. The president, as he

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said time and time again, is extremely

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serious. Iran, a country that for 47

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years has chanted death to America, has

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threatened our troops overseas, can

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never possess a nuclear [music] weapon.

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>> Leavitt announced that she was departing

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to spend more time raising her two young

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children and is expected to remain a

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close adviser to the president.

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>> [music]

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>> Sources within and close to the

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administration told the post that other

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early frontrunners for the role are

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believed to include Alina Habba, the

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former acting US attorney [music] for

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New Jersey, and Breitbart Washington

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Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle. A White

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House source recently told the post that

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Trump has not yet decided on a permanent

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replacement for Levitt, who will be

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leaving her role at the end of August.