Harrison Fields

Harrison William Fields (born September 30, 1995) is an American communications advisor who served as the White House principal deputy press secretary from January to August 2025.

In June 2020, Fields became an assistant White House press secretary. After Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election, he began serving as Florida representative Byron Donalds's communications director. In January 2024, Fields became the assistant director of media and public relations at The Heritage Foundation. In January 2025, Trump named Fields as his White House principal deputy press secretary. Fields resigned in August to work for CGCN Group, a conservative lobbying firm.

Early life and education (1995–2018) Harrison William Fields was born on September 30, 1995, in Wellington, Florida. Fields attended Palm Beach Central High School, where he was the junior class vice president in 2012. He graduated from Florida State University.

Career White House and congressional work (2018–2024) In 2018, Fields began working for Pam Bondi, the attorney general of Florida, as a communications director. In 2019, he was hired as a presidential writer in the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence. In June 2020, he was appointed as an assistant White House press secretary. After Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election, Fields began working for Florida representative Byron Donalds as his communications director. In September 2023, he married Caitlin McCoy, a senior director for digital at Plus Communications. In January 2024, Fields became the assistant director of media and public relations at The Heritage Foundation. He served as a surrogate for Trump in his 2024 presidential campaign.

White House principal deputy press secretary (January–August 2025) After Trump's second inauguration in January 2025, Fields became the White House principal deputy press secretary. His portfolio included the Department of Energy, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Education, and the Department of Government Efficiency. In August, Axios reported that Fields would resign to join CGCN Group, a conservative lobbying firm.

Views In September 2023, as Florida governor Ron DeSantis faced criticism over comments he had made on slavery, Fields stated that he felt pressure to avoid criticizing critical race theory and the Black Lives Matter movement while condemning curriculum seen as supporting slavery. He was supportive of Donald Trump's decision to speak at a National Association of Black Journalists event in which he questioned vice president Kamala Harris's race, describing the event's environment as hostile, but its value to Trump as important. Fields has described Democrats as effective at promising African Americans initiatives, but failing to actualize efforts. Speaking to Politico after Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election, he argued that Black voters are conservative but that Democrats had leveraged inequality to garner their votes, adding that Trump capitalized on economic issues to divest some Black voters.