Angela Stanton-King, a former associate of The Real Housewives of Atlanta who received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump, has put her name forward for the role of White House press secretary. Her bid comes just days after Katie Zacharia was removed from the position after only five days on the job — the latest turn in Trump's reality-star-to-politics pipeline. The press secretary is among the most visible posts in any administration, serving as the president's chief spokesperson at on-camera briefings and in daily exchanges with the White House press corps.

Stanton-King's connection to Trump dates to 2020, when the president granted her a full pardon following her conviction and imprisonment for her role in a car theft ring. Since her release, she has become a public advocate for criminal justice reform, speaking openly about her trauma of giving birth while incarcerated and handcuffed — an account that has fueled legislative efforts focused on the treatment of pregnant women in custody.

In a post on Threads, Stanton-King argued that the White House needs a spokesperson who will unapologetically defend the president, and said she is the right candidate for the job.

"At the end of the day, what the White House needs is a Press Secretary who's not afraid to STAND on the truth, SPEAK the truth, has common sense, a sharp tongue, and ZERO tolerance for bulls——," she wrote on the social media platform. "No scripts. No sugarcoating. No backing down."

Addressing Trump directly, she added: "President Trump, appoint ME. I promise I'll get the job DONE." She predicted that her appointment would make headlines and that "the group chats would be inAMBLES." The post was accompanied by what appeared to be an AI-generated photo of Stanton-King at the podium in the White House briefing room.

The bid would not be Stanton-King's first run at political office. In 2020, she ran as a Republican in Georgia's 5th Congressional District, initially challenging the late civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis. After Lewis' death, Democrat Nikema Williams became the party's nominee and won the general election. Her public pitch now lands with the post still in transition — as of now, no permanent replacement for Zacharia has been announced, leaving the decision with Trump.

Stanton-King's ties to The Real Housewives of Atlanta date back to the early 2010s. One of her co-conspirators in the theft case was Apollo Nida, the husband of cast member Phaedra Parks; Nida was also convicted and sentenced in the matter. Stanton-King, however, has claimed that Parks, an attorney by trade, was involved in the crimes as well. In 2013, she published a tell-all book, Lies of a Real Housewife: Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil, in which she accused Parks and Nida of running a white-collar criminal enterprise involving fake bank accounts and bad checks, naming Parks as the orchestrator of the schemes. Parks denies any involvement and maintains that she was unaware of Nida's criminal behavior during their marriage.