Veteran GOP operative Mercedes Schlapp could be the next White House communications director, replacing Hope Hicks, who announced on Wednesday that she would resign, according to a published report.
Schlapp, the White House director of strategic communications, is being seriously considered for the hot seat that’s gone through five occupants since President Trump took office, sources told the Wall Street Journal.
Hicks was on that job for 196 days, following in the short-lived footsteps of Anthony Scaramucci, Sean Spicer, Jason Miller and Mike Dunke, according to the Washington Post.
Hicks’ stint was by far the longest.
Her potential replacement, Schlapp, 45, is the wife of American Conservative Union president Matt Schlapp. She’s the daughter of Cuban immigrants.