Caroline Leavitt
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Sure. I was raised in a family that was not political at all. Business family, small business. We owned an ice cream stand and a used truck shop that my family still runs up in New Hampshire, which is where I was born and raised. And the fact that I grew up in New Hampshire, it kind of opened my eyes to politics, obviously being the first in the nation primary state.
Sure. I was raised in a family that was not political at all. Business family, small business. We owned an ice cream stand and a used truck shop that my family still runs up in New Hampshire, which is where I was born and raised. And the fact that I grew up in New Hampshire, it kind of opened my eyes to politics, obviously being the first in the nation primary state.
But I went to school on a softball scholarship. I was an athlete my whole life. And when I went to college, St. Anselm College, to play softball...
But I went to school on a softball scholarship. I was an athlete my whole life. And when I went to college, St. Anselm College, to play softball...
But I went to school on a softball scholarship. I was an athlete my whole life. And when I went to college, St. Anselm College, to play softball...
go there it's a very politically active school and i realized wow i loved news and media and politics and i was fascinated by it all and i kind of threw myself into all of these different opportunities on campus and then one thing led to the next and here we are So you interned for Trump 1.0? Yes. For the White House? I did. While you were in college? Yes.
go there it's a very politically active school and i realized wow i loved news and media and politics and i was fascinated by it all and i kind of threw myself into all of these different opportunities on campus and then one thing led to the next and here we are So you interned for Trump 1.0? Yes. For the White House? I did. While you were in college? Yes.
go there it's a very politically active school and i realized wow i loved news and media and politics and i was fascinated by it all and i kind of threw myself into all of these different opportunities on campus and then one thing led to the next and here we are So you interned for Trump 1.0? Yes. For the White House? I did. While you were in college? Yes.
Yes. What happened there? So 2016 was the first election I was eligible to vote in. Voted for Donald Trump in the New Hampshire primary and, of course, in the general election. And I applied for an internship. A student who was a few years older than me, who's actually a producer for ABC at the White House now, was a fellow student. And she was an intern under Obama.
Yes. What happened there? So 2016 was the first election I was eligible to vote in. Voted for Donald Trump in the New Hampshire primary and, of course, in the general election. And I applied for an internship. A student who was a few years older than me, who's actually a producer for ABC at the White House now, was a fellow student. And she was an intern under Obama.
Yes. What happened there? So 2016 was the first election I was eligible to vote in. Voted for Donald Trump in the New Hampshire primary and, of course, in the general election. And I applied for an internship. A student who was a few years older than me, who's actually a producer for ABC at the White House now, was a fellow student. And she was an intern under Obama.
And I remember hearing her talk about it in class one day. And I thought, that's fascinating. I want to be an intern for Donald Trump. So I literally went on WhiteHouse.gov and applied for the internship. And they chose me.
And I remember hearing her talk about it in class one day. And I thought, that's fascinating. I want to be an intern for Donald Trump. So I literally went on WhiteHouse.gov and applied for the internship. And they chose me.
And I remember hearing her talk about it in class one day. And I thought, that's fascinating. I want to be an intern for Donald Trump. So I literally went on WhiteHouse.gov and applied for the internship. And they chose me.
Yeah, so I wrote two editorials in the St. Anselm Crier, our school newspaper, and one of the titles of one of the editorials was Why Donald Trump Just Keeps on Winning. And at the time, I realized he was speaking in layman's terms and he was saying things that I felt like really resonated with people of my background, right? Blue collar, small business, middle class working family.
Yeah, so I wrote two editorials in the St. Anselm Crier, our school newspaper, and one of the titles of one of the editorials was Why Donald Trump Just Keeps on Winning. And at the time, I realized he was speaking in layman's terms and he was saying things that I felt like really resonated with people of my background, right? Blue collar, small business, middle class working family.
Yeah, so I wrote two editorials in the St. Anselm Crier, our school newspaper, and one of the titles of one of the editorials was Why Donald Trump Just Keeps on Winning. And at the time, I realized he was speaking in layman's terms and he was saying things that I felt like really resonated with people of my background, right? Blue collar, small business, middle class working family.
Neither of my parents went to college. They worked very hard for everything they have and watched my family business have some downturn during 2008 and the financial crisis. I was very young at the time, but that's my lived experience. You weren't getting shunned by your friends? No, I wasn't.
Neither of my parents went to college. They worked very hard for everything they have and watched my family business have some downturn during 2008 and the financial crisis. I was very young at the time, but that's my lived experience. You weren't getting shunned by your friends? No, I wasn't.
Neither of my parents went to college. They worked very hard for everything they have and watched my family business have some downturn during 2008 and the financial crisis. I was very young at the time, but that's my lived experience. You weren't getting shunned by your friends? No, I wasn't.