Career
McLaughlin served in the first Trump administration in the State Department as Chief of Staff for Nuclear Arms Control. [2] McLaughlin led communications for the 2022 reelection campaign of Ohio governor Mike DeWine and the Vivek Ramaswamy 2024 presidential campaign. [1]
In the second Trump administration,McLaughlin has served as spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security. [5] [6] [7] In an interview with The New York Times in January 2026,she described herself as "in charge of everything" that the Department of Homeland Security puts on social media. [8]
Following the killing of Renée Good,McLaughlin wrote on social media:"Dangerous criminals —whether they be illegal aliens or U.S. citizens —are turning their vehicles into weapons to attack ICE". [9] [10] On January 13,2026,Ricardo Antonio and Emilio Roman-Flores,twin brothers from New Jersey,were arrested for threatening to hang McLaughlin. [11] [12] [13]
Following the killing of Alex Pretti,McLaughlin told news outlets that Pretti "violently resisted" immigration officers and appeared to be "an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement." [14]
On January 27,2026, Fox News host Dana Perino pressed McLaughlin on her labelling of Pretti as a "domestic terrorist". [15] McLaughlin did not directly answer Perino's question. [15]
Following January 2026 posts from official DHS accounts that included the slogan "WE'LL HAVE OUR HOME AGAIN.",the name of a song written by members of a self-described "pro-White fraternal order," The New York Times characterized McLaughlin as "mainstreaming racism" by tying the agency's posts to the anthem. [8]
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