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0	5060	This 29-year-old former beauty queen might become the new mouthpiece for the Trump administration.
5760	10260	White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt's August 12th announcement that she's leaving her
10260	15280	role stunned the nation and triggered a massive buzz about who might replace her behind the
15280	21480	briefing room lectern. However, White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly has emerged as a
21480	26360	favorite to take on the role, according to prediction markets. Given that Kelly is immediately
26360	30940	below Levitt in the White House communications echelon, she could have a leg up on the
30940	36140	competition with direct experience around the role. Nonetheless, Kelly presents a distinctly
36140	41820	unique resume for a senior White House aide. Prior to her career in politics, Kelly competed as a
41820	48500	beauty queen, winning Miss State Fair of Virginia in 2019 and Miss Madison in Wisconsin in 2022.
49360	55460	She graduated from Auburn University with a degree in political science in 2017 and later attended
55460	60420	George Washington University, where she earned her master's in political management in 2021.
61440	66680	During her time at GW, Kelly began her career in politics when she became the communications
66680	72300	director for the Wisconsin Republican National Committee. Just three years later, the Virginia
72300	78000	native found herself as the national press secretary of the RNC. At the start of President Trump's
78000	83180	second term, Kelly was selected as the principal deputy press secretary, where she's been operating
83180	88560	under Caroline Levitt. This year, Kelly emerged in the spotlight while Levitt was away on maternity
88560	92480	leave, taking on the role as a public representative of the administration.
93000	98300	Nothing's changed. The president, as he said time and time again, is extremely serious. Iran,
98420	104240	a country that for 47 years has chanted death to America, has threatened our troops overseas,
104440	106560	can never possess a nuclear weapon.
106820	111080	Levitt announced that she was departing to spend more time raising her two young children,
111080	116620	and is expected to remain a close advisor to the president. Sources within and close to the
116620	121880	administration told the Post that other early frontrunners for the role are believed to include
121880	127300	Alina Habba, the former acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, and Breitbart Washington Bureau
127300	133080	chief Matthew Boyle. A White House source recently told the Post that Trump has not yet decided on a
133080	136760	permanent replacement for Levitt, who will be leaving her role at the end of August.