凯蒂·扎卡里亚离开白宫新闻秘书职位后不久，保守派评论员劳拉·卢默自荐担任该职务。卢默也是特朗普总统的兼职顾问，她在扎卡里亚离职消息传出几小时后就在X平台上发布了相关内容。卢默在X上的帖子：卢默周五发文：“听我说：新闻秘书劳拉·卢默。”她还写道：“我会成为一名出色的新闻秘书。我会向特朗普总统展示所有凭证。我会把装满凭证的文件夹带到每场简报会。”
Right after Katie Zacharia left the White House press secretary job, conservative commentator Laura Loomer put herself forward for the role. Loomer, who is also a part-time adviser to President Donald Trump, posted about it on X within hours of the news of Zacharia’s departure. Loomer’s posts on XLoomer posted on Friday: “Hear me out: Press Secretary Laura Loomer.”She also wrote: “I would be an amazing Press Secretary. I’d show President Trump all the receipts. I would bring my binder full of receipts to every briefing.”
在另一篇帖子中，她写道：“所以你的意思是，如果我把头发染成金色，并把名字改成科拉，我就有机会了？”一次简报会，律师资格审查先于扎卡里亚迅速离开白宫扎卡里亚的短暂任职：扎卡里亚离职后，简报室讲台再次空置。她仅担任新闻秘书五天便离职。一位白宫官员周五对《新闻周刊》表示，扎卡里亚正在“过渡”离开该职位。
In another post, she wrote: “So you’re saying if I dye my hair blonde and I change my name to Kora I have a chance?”One briefing, scrutiny over bar qualification preceded Katie Zacharia's swift White House exitZacharia’s short stayThe briefing-room podium is empty again after Zacharia left the job following just five days as press secretary.A White House official told Newsweek on Friday that Zacharia was “transitioning” out of the role.
CNN援引总统顾问的消息报道称，特朗普已解雇她。特朗普于10月9日宣布了她的任命。他赞扬她是长期支持者，拥有“无瑕的支持记录”。他还说她将“与媒体、美国人民以及我的政府出色合作”。扎卡里亚接替了卡罗琳·利维特，后者因第二个孩子出生而在8月底辞职。前肯塔基州啦啦队员拉肯·斯内林因婴儿儿子死亡被判处10年监禁特朗普的言论：特朗普周五对记者表示，他曾要求扎卡里亚重新考虑，据《新闻周刊》报道。
CNN, citing advisers to the president, reported that Trump had fired her. Trump announced her appointment on October 9. He praised her as a longtime supporter with an “unblemished record of support.”He also said she would “work fantastically with the Media, the American People, and my Administration.”Zacharia took over from Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down at the end of August after the birth of her second child. Ex-Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling gets 10-year sentence in infant son's deathWhat Trump saidTrump spoke to reporters on Friday and said he had asked Zacharia to reconsider, according to Newsweek.“I just asked her, ‘Is this for you?’”Trump said.
“我只是问她，‘这适合你吗？’”特朗普说。“她是个好人。我会让她自己做决定。”特朗普还说媒体对她“非常、非常不公平”，她正“被媒体残酷对待”。“我告诉她，‘老实说，如果我是你，我会重新考虑，’”特朗普说。
“And she’s a nice person. I’m going to let her make that decision.”Trump also said the media had treated her “very, very unfairly” and that she was being “brutalized by the media.”“I told her, ‘Honestly, if I were you, I would reconsider,’” Trump said.
“也许不适合她。”关于她的首秀和背景的质疑扎卡里亚周二的首次简报持续了大约14分钟，只有三家媒体提问。这次简报因时间过短、她的表达方式以及使用事先准备好的发言稿而受到批评。传播部主任史蒂文·张首先为她辩护，对《新闻周刊》表示她“独具资历且聪明过人”。随后，特朗普称她为律师，她的法律背景受到审查。
“Maybe it’s not for her.”Questions about her debut and backgroundZacharia’s first briefing on Tuesday lasted about 14 minutes, with questions from only three outlets. It was criticized for being short, for her delivery and for her use of prepared remarks. Communications Director Steven Cheung first defended her, telling Newsweek she was “uniquely qualified and whip smart.”Then her legal background came under scrutiny after Trump called her an attorney.
她于2011年毕业于佩珀代恩大学法学院，但未通过加州律师资格考试。扎卡里亚周四在肖恩·汉尼蒂的节目中表示，她参加过一次考试但未通过。她说结果“无关紧要”，因为她知道自己将要搬到中国。谁可能是下一个？目前被提及的许多名字，在白宫寻找卡罗琳·利维特继任者时也曾被提及。CNN当时报道称，斯科特·詹宁斯已成为早期热门人选。
She graduated from Pepperdine University’s law school in 2011 but did not pass the California bar exam. Zacharia told Sean Hannity on Thursday that she took the exam once and did not pass. She said the result was “inconsequential” because she knew she would be moving to China. Who could be next? Many of the names being talked about now were also mentioned when the White House was looking for a replacement for Karoline Leavitt.CNN reported at that time that Scott Jennings had emerged as an early favorite.
白宫副新闻秘书长安娜·凯利也被广泛讨论为可能的人选。其他被提及的名字还包括白宫传播部主任史蒂文·张，以及保守派作家和模特伊丽莎白·皮普科，据《新闻周刊》报道。
Anna Kelly, the White House principal deputy press secretary, was also talked about a lot as a possible pick. Other names that came up were White House Communications Director Steven Cheung and conservative author and model Elizabeth Pipko, as per Newsweek.