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Updated · Media Matters for America · Aug 24
Trump Elevated Natalie Harp After 2019 Fox Hit Praising His Right to Try Law
Updated
Updated · Media Matters for America · Aug 24

Trump Elevated Natalie Harp After 2019 Fox Hit Praising His Right to Try Law

2 articles · Updated · Media Matters for America · Aug 24

Summary

  • A June 14, 2019 Fox & Friends appearance praising Trump’s 2018 Right to Try law introduced Natalie Harp to Trump and helped launch her rise into his inner circle.
  • Trump, watching the segment, praised Harp online the same day and then highlighted the Stage 2 cancer patient in his own Fox interview and at a Faith and Freedom event less than two weeks later.
  • That exposure preceded Harp’s move through MAGA media and politics: two years at One America News Network, a job with Trump in 2022, and a White House role after his 2024 election.
  • Harp is now under renewed scrutiny after Sen. Jon Ossoff named her in a speech, prompting fresh reporting on her influence as Trump’s executive secretary and gatekeeper.

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How did a televised medical survival story transform an ordinary citizen into one of the most powerful gatekeepers in the White House?