Ex-Trump Adviser Alyssa Farah Explains Why She Would Never Vote for Him Again

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4. appears to be very well-connected/groomed

Her mother Judy (née Smagula) is a Sacramento-based journalist who has written for HuffPost, the Associated Press, and Comstock's Magazine.[5][6][7]
After graduating from Bella Vista High School in 2007, Farah earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Public Policy from Patrick Henry College.[8]
From 2013 to 2014, Farah wrote articles for the far-right conspiracy website WorldNetDaily, where she served as a "special Washington correspondent for WND."[9][10] In 2010, Farah served as a media intern for Congressman Tom McClintock and began a one-year position as an associate producer on The Laura Ingraham Show.[11] In 2014, she was named Press Secretary for Congressman Mark Meadows; she was later named as his Communications Director. She went on to work as the Communications Director for the Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving under Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows.[12]

In September 2017, she was appointed Special Assistant to the President and Press Secretary to the Vice President Mike Pence. While serving as Press Secretary to the Vice President, she traveled with Pence on numerous trips, domestic and foreign, serving as part of the official U.S. delegations to the Munich Security Conference and ASEAN Summit.[13]

In April 2020, it was reported that Meadows, now Trump's Chief of Staff, had considered bringing Farah on as a White House Press Secretary.[14] She joined the White House Office as the White House Director of Strategic Communications on April 7, 2020.[15] In August 2020, The Washington Post reported that Farah played an important role in shaping the Trump administration's coronavirus response.[16]