Tammy Bruce speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2015. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
President-elect Donald Trump has announced Tammy Bruce will become the next State Department spokesperson.
Bruce is a Fox News contributor who has described herself as a “gay woman” on the network. A GLAAD spokesperson pointed out to the Washington Blade Jan. 6 that Bruce has also made anti-transgender comments.
“Tammy is a highly respected political analyst who understood the power of importance of ‘MAGA’ early on,” said Trump in a Jan. 3 Truth Social post that announced her appointment. “She received her bachelor’s degree in political science at the University of Southern California and, after being a liberal activist in the 1990s, saw the lies and fraud of the Radical Left, and quickly became one of the strongest Conservative voices on radio and television.”
Trump has nominated U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to succeed Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Ned Price in 2021 became the State Department’s first openly gay spokesperson. He stepped down in March 2023.
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