Stephanie Grisham out as White House press secretary

[Bob Juch]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html

Since that's behind a paywall, here's the whole story:

By Anne Gearan and Josh Dawsey

April 7, 2020 at 9:15 a.m. MST

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving the job after eight months during which she held no regular press briefings of the sort that once defined the position.

Trump campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany will replace Grisham as press secretary, and Pentagon spokeswoman Alyssa Farah will take over Grisham’s other West Wing title as director of strategic communications, a senior administration official said Tuesday.

The official, who requested anonymity because the White House has not formally announced who will replace Grisham, also said that Ben Williamson, a senior aide to new White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, will be senior adviser for communications.

First lady Melania Trump announced Tuesday that Grisham would rejoin her staff as a full-time chief of staff and spokesperson, calling her “a mainstay and true leader in the Administration.”

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White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving the job after eight months during which she held no regular press briefings of the sort that once defined the position.

I'd love a job where I could do nothing for eight months.

[a1mamacat]

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving the job after eight months during which she held no regular press briefings of the sort that once defined the position.

I'd love a job where I could do nothing for eight months.

The new White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, said this about coronavirus on Feb. 25:

"We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here ... and isn't it refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama."