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John Hogan Gidley is an American Republican political aide currently serving as White House Deputy Press Secretary in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump .
Early life and career
Gidley was born in Arkansas .[1] He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in broadcast journalism and a minor in political science in 1998.[1]
Gidley served as the director of Huck PAC .[2] His past activities include director of media operations for Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee , Executive Director of the South Carolina Republican Party , Press Secretary to the David Beasley for Senate campaign , the Karen Floyd for Superintendent of Education campaign, and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole 's campaign committee . He was most recently the director of communications for the 2012 presidential campaign of Rick Santorum .
Trump administration
The Trump administration announced on October 10, 2017 that Gidley would serve as Deputy Press Secretary, and he started his job at the White House the day after.[3] [4]
In February 2018, Gidley said that Trump was speaking "tongue in cheek" when Trump said that it was "treasonous" for Democrats not to applaud him during the State of the Union address.[5] Later that February, after the Special Counsel Mueller 's investigation led to the indictments of a number of Russians for election interference , Gidley said that Democrats and the media had done more to create "chaos" in the United States than the Russian government.[6]
References
^ a b Pender, Geoff (October 11, 2017). "Ole Miss alum named deputy White House press secretary" . Clarion-Ledger .
^ PAC, Huck. "Huck PAC" . www.huckpac.com .
^ Rucker, Philip (October 10, 2017). "Trump Hires Hogan Gidley as a White House Spokesman" . The Washington Post . Retrieved October 11, 2017 .
^ Heretik, Jack (October 11, 2017). "White House Brings on Hogan Gidley as Deputy Press Secretary" . The Washington Free Beacon . Retrieved October 11, 2017 .
^ Wagner, John (2018-02-06). "Trump was speaking 'tongue in cheek' when he said Democrats were 'treasonous,' spokesman says" . Washington Post . ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2018-02-17 .
^ Bowden, John (2018-02-17). "White House spokesman: Dems, media have created more 'chaos' than the Russians" . TheHill . Retrieved 2018-02-17 .
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