Brian Fallon (press secretary)
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Brian Edward Fallon Jr. (born 1981 or 1982) is an American political operative. He was the national press secretary for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, a role he began in March 2015, and was a senior advisor in Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign.{{Cite web |last1=Korecki |first1=Natasha |last2=Lee |first2=Carol E. |last3=Alcindor |first3=Yamiche |date=2024-08-02 |title='This is the A-team': Harris campaign brings on big new hires as it sprints to Election Day |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/harris-campaign-big-new-hires-sprint-election-day-rcna164383 |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=NBC News |language=en}} In 2018, he founded the legal advocacy organization Demand Justice.
Career
Fallon graduated cum laude from Harvard, where he covered sports for The Harvard Crimson.{{cite web |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/writer/1233/Brian_E._Fallon/ |title=Brian E. Fallon - Writer Profile |website=The Harvard Crimson |access-date=November 25, 2016}} During the 2004 presidential election, Fallon worked on the Kerry–Edwards presidential campaign as a press aide.{{cite news |first=Megan |last=Evans |url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/home/brian-fallon-hillary-clinton |title=Former Schumer Aide Expected to Join Clinton Camp |work=Roll Call |date=March 17, 2015}} During the 2006 Senate election in New Jersey, Fallon served as campaign press secretary to Senator Robert Menendez. Fallon then became chief spokesman for Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, and in 2011 additionally became spokesman for the new Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Center. In 2013, Fallon left Schumer's office and moved to the Justice Department, with Attorney General Eric Holder hiring him as the department's director of public affairs.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/03/17/clinton-team-picks-justice-spokesman-brian-fallon-as-lead-press-secretary/ |title=Clinton team picks Justice spokesman Brian Fallon as lead press secretary |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=September 15, 2016 |last1=Gearan |first1=Anne |last2=Rucker |first2=Philip}}
Fallon joined Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign in March 2015, as national press secretary.{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/clinton-taps-brian-fallon-for-press-secretary-204131 |title=Clinton taps Brian Fallon for press secretary |work=Politico |date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=September 15, 2016 |last=Byers |first=Dylan}}
In February 2017, he joined CNN as a political commentator, based in Washington, D.C.{{Citation needed|date=October 2018}} In October 2017, he caused controversy by tweeting [General] "Kelly isnt just an enabler of Trump. He's a believer in him. That makes him as odious as the rest. Dont be distracted by the uniform."{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/former-clinton-aide-do-not-be-distracted-by-john-kellys-uniform/article/2638100 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020003023/http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/former-clinton-aide-do-not-be-distracted-by-john-kellys-uniform/article/2638100 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2017 |title=Former Clinton aide: Do not be 'distracted' by John Kelly's 'uniform' |date=October 19, 2017 |work=The Washington Examiner}} At its founding in May 2018, Fallon became executive director of Demand Justice, a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization.{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Brian |title=Trump's NC judicial nominee has ties to 'racist organizations,' Democrats warn |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article211659684.html |access-date=October 19, 2018 |work=The News & Observer |date=May 23, 2018 |language=en |quote=Demand Justice, which was formed two weeks ago, ... Brian Fallon, the executive director of Demand Justice.}}{{cite web |url=https://capitalresearch.org/article/demand-justice-how/ |title=Demand Justice, How? |first=Kyle |last=Permann |date=June 27, 2018 |work=Capital Research Center |access-date=October 3, 2018 |quote=a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization}} In the first Demand Justice report card, Fallon gave Senator Chuck Schumer, his former boss, a "C" rating. This damaged his relationship with Schumer. When asked about his relationship with Schumer, whom he does not directly criticize, Fallon declined to "answer any questions about Chuck."{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-brian-fallon-hillary-clintons-press-secretary-self-radicalized-and-became-a-resistance-leader |title=How Hillary Clinton's Press Secretary Self-Radicalized and Became a Resistance Leader |first1=Gideon |last1=Resnick |first2=Maxwell |last2=Tani |date=2019-05-16 |access-date=2019-07-09 |language=en}}
In 2023, Fallon stepped down from Demand Justice to join Joe Biden's 2024 presidential campaign as communications director for Kamala Harris.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/12/brian-fallon-harris-campaign-communications |title= Brian Fallon to join Biden campaign as Harris's communications director |newspaper=Washington Post |date= December 12, 2023 |last=Pager |first=Tyler}} After Harris was elevated to the top of the ticket, he became a senior communications advisor.
Personal life
In 2012, Fallon married to Katie Beirne Fallon,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/fashion/weddings/katherine-beirne-brian-fallon-weddings.html|title=Katherine Beirne and Brian Fallon|work=The New York Times |date=January 1, 2012|via=NYTimes.com}} the former White House Director of Legislative Affairs and head of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs for the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/fashion/weddings/katherine-beirne-brian-fallon-weddings.html?_r=0 |title=Katherine Beirne and Brian Fallon |work=The New York Times |date=January 1, 2012 |access-date=September 15, 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/us/politics/katie-beirne-fallon-obama-aide-resigning.html |title=Katie Fallon, Top Obama Aide, Leaving White House |date=January 29, 2016 |access-date=September 15, 2016 | work=The New York Times}}{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/79419-durbins-senior-spokesman-to-depart-senate/ |title=Durbin's senior spokesman to depart Senate |work=The Hill |date=January 12, 2011 |access-date=September 15, 2016 |last=Bolton |first=Alexander}} They have twin sons, and a daughter.{{Cite web|url=https://washingtonlife.com/2019/05/10/respect-the-power-moms-katie-beirne-fallon-kimberly-johnson-nicole-ehrhardt-and-guiomar-barbi-ochoa/|title=RESPECT THE POWER MOMS: Katie Beirne Fallon, Kimberly Johnson, Nicole Ehrhardt and Guiomar Barbi-Ochoa – Washington Life Magazine|date=May 10, 2019}}
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Category:American press secretaries
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