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== Career == |
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In 2010, Farah served as a media intern for Congressman [[Tom McClintock]] and began a one-year position as an associate producer on ''[[The Laura Ingraham Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Santiago|first=Ellyn|date=January 6, 2019|title=Alyssa Farah: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/alyssa-farah/|access-date=March 8, 2020|website=Heavy.com|language=en}}</ref> In 2014, she was named Press Secretary for Congressman [[Mark Meadows (North Carolina politician)|Mark Meadows]]; she was later named as his Communications Director. She went on to work as the Communications Director for the [[Freedom Caucus]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], serving under [[Jim Jordan (American politician)|Jim Jordan]] and [[Mark Meadows (North Carolina politician)|Mark Meadows]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/18/alyssa-farah-mike-pence-press-secretary-242844|title=Pence taps top Freedom Caucus aide as press secretary|last1=Nussbaum|first1=Matthew|last2=Sherman|first2=Jake|website=[[Politico]]}}</ref> |
From 2007 to 2014, Farah wrote multiple articles for the far-right conspiracy website [[WorldNetDaily]], where she served as a "special Washington correspondent for WND."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/inside-the-spectacular-fall-of-the-granddaddy-of-right-wing-conspiracy-sites/2019/04/02/6ac53122-3ba6-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html|title=Inside the spectacular fall of the granddaddy of right-wing conspiracy sites|first=Manuel|last=Roig-Franzia|website=Washington Post|date=April 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pences-press-secretary-is-daughter-of-right-wing-conspiracy_b_5a3af470e4b0df0de8b06225|title=Pence's Press Secretary Is Daughter Of Right-Wing Conspiracy Site's Founder|last=Krepel|first=Terry|website=HuffPost|date=December 20, 2017}}</ref> In 2010, Farah served as a media intern for Congressman [[Tom McClintock]] and began a one-year position as an associate producer on ''[[The Laura Ingraham Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Santiago|first=Ellyn|date=January 6, 2019|title=Alyssa Farah: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/alyssa-farah/|access-date=March 8, 2020|website=Heavy.com|language=en}}</ref> In 2014, she was named Press Secretary for Congressman [[Mark Meadows (North Carolina politician)|Mark Meadows]]; she was later named as his Communications Director. She went on to work as the Communications Director for the [[Freedom Caucus]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], serving under [[Jim Jordan (American politician)|Jim Jordan]] and [[Mark Meadows (North Carolina politician)|Mark Meadows]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/18/alyssa-farah-mike-pence-press-secretary-242844|title=Pence taps top Freedom Caucus aide as press secretary|last1=Nussbaum|first1=Matthew|last2=Sherman|first2=Jake|website=[[Politico]]}}</ref> |
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In September 2017, she was appointed Special Assistant to the President and Press Secretary to the [[Mike Pence|Vice President Mike Pence]]. While serving as Press Secretary to the Vice President, she traveled with Pence on numerous trips, domestic and foreign, serving as part of the official U.S. delegations to the [[Munich Security Conference]] and [[ASEAN Summit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-pence-aide-heading-to-the-pentagon-to-be-chief-spokeswoman/2019/08/13/e639e9ca-bd3c-11e9-aff2-3835caab97f6_story.html|title=Top Pence aide will move to Pentagon as new press secretary|first=Ashley|last=Parker|website=Washington Post|date=April 2, 2019}}</ref> |
In September 2017, she was appointed Special Assistant to the President and Press Secretary to the [[Mike Pence|Vice President Mike Pence]]. While serving as Press Secretary to the Vice President, she traveled with Pence on numerous trips, domestic and foreign, serving as part of the official U.S. delegations to the [[Munich Security Conference]] and [[ASEAN Summit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-pence-aide-heading-to-the-pentagon-to-be-chief-spokeswoman/2019/08/13/e639e9ca-bd3c-11e9-aff2-3835caab97f6_story.html|title=Top Pence aide will move to Pentagon as new press secretary|first=Ashley|last=Parker|website=Washington Post|date=April 2, 2019}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:58, 9 January 2021
Alyssa Farah | |
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| 3rd White House Director of Strategic Communications | |
| In office April 7, 2020 – December 4, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Mercedes Schlapp |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Press Secretary of the Department of Defense | |
| In office September 2019 – April 7, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Dana White |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Press Secretary to the Vice President | |
| In office October 2017 – September 2019 | |
| Vice President | Mike Pence |
| Preceded by | Marc Lotter |
| Succeeded by | Katie Waldman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alyssa Alexandra Farah June 15, 1989 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Alma mater | Patrick Henry College (BA) |
Alyssa Alexandra Farah (born June 15, 1989) is an American political advisor who served as White House Director of Strategic Communications and Assistant to the President in 2020. Farah previously served as Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Media Affairs and the Press Secretary for the United States Department of Defense from 2019 to 2020.[1][2][3] Farah also served as press secretary for U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Special Assistant to President Donald Trump from October 2017 to September 2019, succeeded by Katie Waldman.
Early life
Farah was born on June 15, 1989, in Los Angeles.[4] Her father, Joseph Farah, is a journalist of Syrian and Lebanese descent who was executive news editor at the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner before moving to Northern California to become editor of The Sacramento Union in 1990. He later founded the far-right conspiracy website WorldNetDaily. Her mother, Judy, (née Smagula) is a Sacramento-based journalist who has written for HuffPost, the Associated Press, and Comstock's Magazine.[5][6] [7]
After graduating from Bella Vista High School in 2007, Farah earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Public Policy from Patrick Henry College.[8]
Career
From 2007 to 2014, Farah wrote multiple articles for the far-right conspiracy website WorldNetDaily, where she served as a "special Washington correspondent for WND."[9][10] In 2010, Farah served as a media intern for Congressman Tom McClintock and began a one-year position as an associate producer on The Laura Ingraham Show.[11] In 2014, she was named Press Secretary for Congressman Mark Meadows; she was later named as his Communications Director. She went on to work as the Communications Director for the Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving under Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows.[12]
In September 2017, she was appointed Special Assistant to the President and Press Secretary to the Vice President Mike Pence. While serving as Press Secretary to the Vice President, she traveled with Pence on numerous trips, domestic and foreign, serving as part of the official U.S. delegations to the Munich Security Conference and ASEAN Summit.[13]
In April 2020, it was reported that Meadows, now Trump's Chief of Staff, had considered bringing Farah on as a White House Press Secretary.[14] She joined the White House Office as the White House Director of Strategic Communications on April 7, 2020.[15] In August 2020, The Washington Post reported that Farah played an important role in shaping the Trump administration's coronavirus response.[16]
Farah resigned as White House communications director on December 3, 2020, effective the next day. At the time it was reported she planned to start a consulting firm "focusing on the corporate, political and defense realms" and that she had initially planned to leave before the election according to one person speaking anonymously.[17]
On January 8, 2021, a few days after the 2021 Capitol raid, Farah blamed Trump for inciting the insurrection and suggested that he should resign.[18][19]
Personal life
In 2020, Farah became engaged to Justin Griffin, a student at the New York University Stern School of Business and the grandson of Samuel A. Tamposi.[20]
References
- ^ Collins, Kaitlan (August 14, 2019). "Alyssa Farah, Pence press secretary, expected to move to Pentagon". cnn.com. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ "Alyssa Farah > U.S. Department of Defense > Biography". defense.gov.
- ^ "Top Pence aide to become Pentagon press secretary". msn.com. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ^ Lippman, Daniel. "Birthday of the Day: Alyssa Farah, press secretary for Vice President Pence". Politico. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ^ Krepel, Terry; Matters, ContributorFounder of ConWebWatch; former senior editor at Media (December 20, 2017). "Pence's Press Secretary Is Daughter Of Right-Wing Conspiracy Site's Founder". HuffPost. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
{{cite web}}:|first2=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Roig-Franzia, Manuel (April 2, 2019). "Inside the spectacular fall of the granddaddy of right-wing conspiracy sites". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ^ Nussbaum, Matthew; Sherman, Jake. "Pence taps top Freedom Caucus aide as press secretary". Politico.
- ^ "Alyssa Farah > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Biography". defense.gov. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ^ Roig-Franzia, Manuel (April 2, 2019). "Inside the spectacular fall of the granddaddy of right-wing conspiracy sites". Washington Post.
- ^ Krepel, Terry (December 20, 2017). "Pence's Press Secretary Is Daughter Of Right-Wing Conspiracy Site's Founder". HuffPost.
- ^ Santiago, Ellyn (January 6, 2019). "Alyssa Farah: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ^ Nussbaum, Matthew; Sherman, Jake. "Pence taps top Freedom Caucus aide as press secretary". Politico.
- ^ Parker, Ashley (April 2, 2019). "Top Pence aide will move to Pentagon as new press secretary". Washington Post.
- ^ Treene, Jonathan Swan,Alayna. "Mark Meadows considers new White House press secretary". Axios. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ McGraw, Meredith; Cook, Nancy (April 7, 2020). "Kayleigh McEnany replaces Grisham as White House press secretary". Politico. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ Rucker, Philip; Yasmeen Abutaleb, Josh Dawsey, Robert Costa (August 8, 2020). "The lost days of summer: How Trump struggled to contain the virus". The Washington Post.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Parker, Ashley, "Farah resigns as White House communications director in tacit nod to Trump’s loss", Washington Post, December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Former Trump communications director says President lied about 2020 election and should consider resigning". CNN. January 8, 2020.
- ^ politico.com: Interview
- ^ "Engagement: Farah-Griffin". Union Leader. August 2, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.