DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin to leave Trump administration

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Politico

02/17/2026 11:01 AM EST


One of the Trump administration’s most vocal defenders of its aggressive immigration crackdown is leaving as public opinion sours against the hardline approach, according to two DHS officials familiar with the move.

Tricia McLaughlin, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s spokesperson, is expected to inform colleagues Tuesday about her plans, according to the officials. She’s leaving DHS next week. McLaughlin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

McLaughlin publicly supported the Trump administration’s controversial tactics at some of the most tense moments amid its immigration enforcement operations in Chicago and Minneapolis, frequently sparring with social media detractors.

McLaughlin’s departure will leave a hole at the department at a crucial time amid a funding lapse for the agency as Republicans and Democrats negotiate potential reforms to ICE and Customs and Border Protection. DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment about who will take over communications.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/17/dhs-spokesperson-tricia-mclaughlin-to-leave-trump-administration-00783378

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[UpInArms]

1. What? Did they find someone more servile

and contemptuous?

[riversedge]

2. The only thing I recall about her is all her vile posts--time after time--ugly, vile, and full of LIES

[Wild blueberry]

3. By rights, this propagandist should be unemployable for the remainder of life

Already got a ticket to hell.

[dweller]

4. what ...

she in the trump-epstein files or sumthin ?

😐




✌🏻

[Hassler]

5. Apparently she didn't reach chump's

High standards for lying. It's all she does, but it wasn't enough.

[underpants]

6. She can go to work for her husband's firm that got $200M to do advertising for DHS

McLaughlin worked with Benjamin Yoho on Vivek Ramaswamy's 2024 presidential campaign.[1] McLaughlin married Yoho, now the CEO of The Strategy Group Company, in 2025.[1][18] A ProPublica investigation published in November 2025 showed that Strategy Group had received over $200 million to launch an advertising campaign for the Department of Homeland Security.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricia_McLaughlin_(spokeswoman)

[nuxvomica]

8. And she directed those funds to her husband's company

From the Wikipedia link:

Federal Communications Commission documents named her as a decision maker for a $220 million DHS advertising campaign, $200 million of which went into a contract with Strategy Group, for which her husband serves as CEO.

[Buddyzbuddy]

7. Wake me when Noem, Lewandowski and HoMan are leaving.

[Prairie Gates]

9. They're really specializing in shitcanning the nobodies while holding on to the Horrible Honchos

Yeesh.