David Norman Bossie is an American political activist. Since 2000,he has been president and chairman of conservative advocacy group Citizens United and in 2016,Bossie was the deputy campaign manager to the Donald Trump presidential campaign.
Quinn Gillespie &Associates (QGA) was an American lobbying and communications firm founded in 2000 by Republican political strategist Ed Gillespie and Democratic operative Jack Quinn. It was sold in 2004 to WPP,one of the world's largest communications services groups,and ceased operations in December 2017.
John Hogan Gidley is an American political aide who served as White House Deputy Press Secretary from 2019 to 2020 in the Donald Trump administration. In July 2020,Gidley became the press secretary of Trump's reelection campaign.
The 2016 United States presidential election was the 58th quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 8,2016. The Republican ticket,businessman Donald Trump and Indiana governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket of former secretary of state and First Lady of the United States Hillary Clinton and the junior senator from Virginia,Tim Kaine,in what was considered one of the biggest political upsets in American history. It was also the fifth presidential election in which both major party candidates were registered in the same home state;the others have been in 1860,1904,1920,1940,and 1944.
James Nicholas Ayers is an American political strategist and consultant who served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence between July 2017 and January 2019. He had previously served as national chairman for Pence's vice-presidential campaign in 2016,and as the former executive director of the Republican Governors Association from 2007 to 2010.
Reinhold Richard "Reince" Priebus is an American lawyer and politician who served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017 and as White House chief of staff during the first six months of Donald Trump's presidency.
Robert E. Mook is an American former political strategist. He was the campaign manager for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
America Rising is a United States political action committee (PAC) that produces opposition research on Democratic Party members. It has been called the “unofficial research arm of the Republican Party”by the Wall Street Journal.
Tara Palmeri is an American journalist. She is currently the Senior Political Correspondent for subscription news platform Puck. Previously,she served as Chief National Correspondent at Politico and host and chief investigative reporter of two Sony Music podcasts:"Broken:Seeking Justice" and "Power:The Maxwells". She previously worked for Washington Examiner and the New York Post and was a White House correspondent for ABC News.
"Basket of deplorables" is a phrase from a 2016 US presidential election campaign speech delivered by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on September 9,2016,at a campaign fundraising event. She used the phrase to describe "half" of the supporters of her opponent,Republican nominee Donald Trump,saying,"They're racist,sexist,homophobic,xenophobic,Islamophobic". The next day,she expressed regret for "saying half",while insisting that Trump had deplorably amplified "hateful views and voices".
Sean Michael Spicer is a former American political aide who served as the 30th White House Press Secretary and as White House Communications Director under President Donald Trump in 2017. Spicer was communications director of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017,and its chief strategist from 2015 to 2017.
The 2017 Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairperson election was held in January 2017,to determine the next chairperson of the Republican National Committee. The elected chair will be in charge of the national party activities during their two-year term.
Katherine Marie Walsh is an American Republican political operative who served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation in the Donald Trump administration. She also worked with the Trump-aligned 501(c)(4) advocacy organization America First Policies.
David Urban is an American lobbyist and political commentator for CNN. He is the managing director for BGR Group and serves on the board of directors for numerous companies.
Justin Reilly "JC" Clark is an American attorney,former government official,and former presidential campaign official for Donald J. Trump. He served as Director of Public Liaison and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House under the Trump administration. Prior to his government service,Clark was a partner at the law firm of Davis,Clark &Bonafonte LLC.
Tony Sayegh served as a White House Senior Advisor for Strategy until February 2020,and is a former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury,serving from March 6,2017,to June 2019. He led the department's Office of Public Affairs. During the passage of the Tax Cuts And Jobs Act,Sayegh was detailed to the White House Office of Communications appearing numerous times in the media to promote the passage of comprehensive tax reform. Sayegh was a Republican strategist and contributor for the Fox News Channel prior to joining the administration,and served as Executive Vice President at Jamestown Associates from 2013 to 2017.
Roger Alexander Conant is an American political operative,communications and media strategist and consultant. He served as Communications Director for Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign and is a founding partner of Firehouse Strategies,a communications consulting firm.
Brian Jack is an American political consultant and who served as White House Director of Political Affairs under President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2021. He is currently a senior advisor on Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.
Sarah Isgur is an American attorney,political commentator,and former Trump administration spokesperson at the United States Department of Justice.
Steven Cheung is an American political advisor who is Donald Trump's campaign spokesman in the 2023–24 Republican primary and served in the Donald J. Trump administration. He previously worked in Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns. He also worked in communications for the sports organization Ultimate Fighting Championship based in Las Vegas,Nevada.
