Conservative pundit Mercedes Schlapp expected to join White House communications
By TARA PALMERI
09/06/2017 11:01 AM EDT
Updated 09/06/2017 12:09 PM EDT
Conservative pundit Mercedes Schlapp, wife of American Conservative Union chairman Matthew Schlapp, is expected to join the White House in a senior role in the communications department, according to three White House officials with knowledge of the situation.
The role for Mercedes Schlapp, a former Fox News contributor who served in the George W. Bush administration as a spokesperson for Spanish-language media outlets, has yet to be defined.
President Donald Trump spoke warmly about her support for him in his speech last winter at CPAC, the American Conservative Union's signature annual event. “I want to thank Matt Schlapp and his very, very incredible wife and boss, Mercedes,” Trump said. “When I watch them on television defending me, nobody has a chance.”
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