Donald Trump Loses Longtime Spokesperson

A longtime spokesperson for former President Donald Trump's campaign has left.

Liz Harrington officially left the campaign after nearly four years as Trump's chief spokeswoman, a source close to the matter confirmed to Newsweek on Wednesday.

She joined Trump's team in June 2021, when she replaced Jason Miller. The source said Harrington left last month, but that the reason for her departure is unclear.

"Liz Harrington is a fighter," Trump said in a June 15, 2021, statement. "She was an important part of our receiving more votes than any incumbent President in U.S. history, far more than we received the first time we won."

Newsweek reached out to the Trump campaign via email and phone for comment.

Harrington, a staunch Trump supporter who has vocally backed his election fraud claims, previously served as a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee (RNC), taking Kayleigh McEnany's place when she joined the Trump White House as press secretary.

Before her work with the GOP, she was a conservative journalist working at Steve Bannon's War Room and the Washington Free Beacon. When she joined the former president's team, she called it "an honor of a lifetime."

In January, the Washington Post had described the former spokeswoman as "a polarizing figure in Trump's orbit but is liked by Trump" in a story about the election-related report that Trump shared to his social media. Harrington allegedly wrote the report.

Harrington has not posted to her account on X, formerly Twitter, since last month. Several users appeared to notice her absence, asking the campaign when she would return or where she is.

The news comes amid the recent shakeup at the RNC. This week, Trump's advisers began mass layoffs after taking over the committee. More than 60 officials across the committee's political, communications and data departments were reportedly laid off or asked to resign and reapply for their jobs. Five senior staffers were among those let go.

Michael Whatley, a Trump ally, and Lara Trump, the former president's daughter-in-law, were unanimously elected as RNC chair and co-chair last week, after Trump pushed out at Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and endorsed Whatley and Lara to take over. Trump senior campaign adviser Chris LaCivita was named the RNC's new chief of staff.

The changes came after McDaniel, who was backed by Trump to lead the RNC in 2017 and is the niece of Republican Senator Mitt Romney, resigned after being blamed for a series of funding issues. She was also criticized for the Republicans losing multiple elections since 2020.