Paris Dennard

Paris Dennard (* 1982 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American political advisor, political strategist and speaker. He often appears as a conservative expert and commentator (known as a pundit ) on news programs and discussion panels on CNN and NPR .

Life

education

Dennard attended Brophy College Preparatory - a Jesuit boys' high school - in his hometown until 2000 , where he was chairman of the student council . He then studied public relations and political science as a scholarship holder of the Richard Eamer Scholars Program at the conservative Christian, private Pepperdine University in Malibu . He spent a semester abroad in London and completed both subjects with a bachelor's degree .

During his studies, he was President of the Student Government Association - a body of the student union - at the university's Seaver College.

Career in politics

He was already active in his youth as a conservative young politician. For example, he was chairman of the Arizona Teenage Republicans , the Republican Party's youth organization . and appeared in the summer of 2000 as the youngest speaker at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia .

Dennard worked in the White House between 2005 and 2009 under US President George W. Bush . During this time, he was employed in the Office of Legislative Affairs, the Office of Political Affairs and the Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs. In the latter, he served as the White House Director of Black Outreach and was responsible for maintaining contacts between the government and the African American population. In addition, he coordinated meetings and trips for the President, First Lady Laura Bush and the House of Representatives, and was responsible for planning various events in the White House. For example, in 2007 he was part of the organization team for the funeral service for former President Gerald Ford and a few months later he took care of a George W. Bush event on the occasion of World AIDS Day .

After his retirement from the White House, Dennard served as Associate Director for Coalitions on the Republican National Committee from 2009 to 2011 . He then worked as Director of Public Affairs at a law firm in South Carolina and, in 2014, as Director of Events at the Washington, DC- based think tank McCain Institute for International Leadership, which cooperates with Arizona State University . Already in 2012 or 2013 he founded his own consulting office for strategic communication, political management, image and brand development and media training with the PD Consulting Group. In July 2015, he was appointed Legislative Director of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which focuses on public HBCU . Dennard has been the Fund's Director of Strategic Communications since September 2016.

In the 2016 presidential election campaign , Dennard expressed his support for the Republican candidate Donald Trump and defended his positions and statements frequently in the media. He gained notoriety beyond party lines at the beginning of February 2017 when the meanwhile elected and sworn in US President Trump paid tribute to Dennard's work as a pundit on CNN in a speech on Black History Month :

“And Paris has done an amazing job in a very hostile CNN community. He's all by himself. You'll have seven people, and Paris. And I'll take Paris over the seven. But I don't watch CNN, so I don't get to see you as much as I used to. I don't like watching fake news. "

“And Paris did a great job in a very hostile [because liberal-democratic] CNN environment. He is all to himself. You have seven people [liberal panelists] and Paris. And I prefer Paris to these seven. But I don't watch CNN, so I don't see you [personal address to Dennard] as often as I used to. I don't like to watch fake news. "

Individual evidence

↑ Bryce Hanamoto: "Pepperdine reflects on Scalia's death". On February 24, 2016 in Pepperdine University Graphic . Retrieved from pepperdine-graphic.com on February 4, 2017.

^ Stuart Silverstein: "Pepperdine defends its minority scholarships". January 22, 2004 in Los Angeles Times . Retrieved from articles.latimes.com on February 4, 2017.

^ Bill Hemmer: Copy of a CNN interview with Paris Dennard on the occasion of his speech at the Republican National Convention. July 28, 2000 on CNN . Retrieved from edition.cnn.com on February 4, 2017.

↑ recording of Paris Dennards speech at the Republican National Convention. On July 31, 2000 on C-SPAN . Retrieved from c-span.org on February 4, 2017.

↑ Speaker profile on Paris Dennard. ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved from washington-dc-speakers.silk.co on February 4, 2017. @1@ 2

↑ Emily DeRuy: "The unlikely union between a Trump supporter and historically black colleges". On October 17, 2016 in The Atlantic . Retrieved from theatlantic.com on February 4, 2017.

↑ Hamilton Nolan: "A full transcript of Donald Trump's Black History Month remarks". On February 1, 2017 on theconcourse.deadspin.com . Retrieved February 4, 2017.

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personal data
SURNAME	Dennard, Paris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American political advisor, political strategist, and public speaker
DATE OF BIRTH	1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Phoenix , Arizona

[1] Bryce Hanamoto: "Pepperdine reflects on Scalia's death". On February 24, 2016 in Pepperdine University Graphic . Retrieved from pepperdine-graphic.com on February 4, 2017.

[2] Stuart Silverstein: "Pepperdine defends its minority scholarships". January 22, 2004 in Los Angeles Times . Retrieved from articles.latimes.com on February 4, 2017.

[3] Bill Hemmer: Copy of a CNN interview with Paris Dennard on the occasion of his speech at the Republican National Convention. July 28, 2000 on CNN . Retrieved from edition.cnn.com on February 4, 2017.

[4] recording of Paris Dennards speech at the Republican National Convention. On July 31, 2000 on C-SPAN . Retrieved from c-span.org on February 4, 2017.