What is Mercedes Schlapp?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Mercedes Schlapp | image = Mercedes Schlapp by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg | office = 2nd [[White House Director of Strategic Communications]] | president = [[Donald Trump]] | leader = [[Hope Hicks]]<br/>[[Bill Shine]] | term_start = September 12, 2017 | term_end = July 1, 2019 | predecessor = [[Hope Hicks]] | successor = [[Alyssa Farah]] | birth_name = Mercedes Viana | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|12|27}} | birth_place = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Matt Schlapp]]|2002}} | education = [[Florida International University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[George Washington University]] ([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]]) }} '''Mercedes Schlapp''' (née '''Viana''') (born December 15, 1972)<ref>{{subscription required}}https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLJG-KV7</ref> is an American lobbyist and columnist. She was born in [[Miami, Florida]]. Schlapp is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. From September 2017 to July 2019, she was the second [[White House Director of Strategic Communications]] during the [[Donald Trump]] presidency, replacing [[Hope Hicks]]. Before being a member of the Trump administration, Schlapp was a critic of Trump.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/14/media/mercedes-schlapp-tweets-trump/index.html|title=Top White House communications aide has history of rhetoric strongly critical of Trump|last=Darcy|first=Oliver|work=CNNMoney|access-date=2018-06-18}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schlapp, Mercedes}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American lobbyists]] [[Category:American columnists]] [[Category:Republicans (United States)]] [[Category:Writers from Miami]] {{US-bio-stub}}