President-elect Trump announced Friday that former Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce will be joining the State Department later this month.
“It is my great honor to announce that Tammy Bruce will be joining our amazing nominee for Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, as spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State,” he wrote on Truth Social.
Bruce was a Fox News contributor until Friday, a spokesperson said. She joined the network in 2005 and has written several books.
“Tammy Bruce has been an invaluable contributor to FOX News Media for nearly 20 years, and we wish her all the best in her new role,” a FOX News spokesperson said in a statement. -Told Hill.
President Trump described Bruce as a “highly respected political analyst” who “has seen firsthand the lies and deceit of the radical left.”
According to his Fox News biography, Bruce was a registered Democrat until 2008, worked on a handful of left-wing political movements in the 1990s, and “now uses his experience as a liberal community organizer to expose and support defeat.” “We're working to make sure it's used for that purpose.”This is the agenda of the left. ” She previously led the National Organization for Women.
“Tammy has been one of our longest-serving news contributors, telling the American people the truth for more than 20 years,” President Trump wrote on Friday. “I am confident she will bring the same strength of conviction and fearlessness to her new role as State Department spokesperson.”
Bruce joins other former Fox News hosts and contributors selected by the president-elect to be part of his administration, including Sean Duffy, Pete Hegseth, Janet Nesheiwat and Monica Crowley. Bruce does not need Senate confirmation for the role.
