Andrew James Bates
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Andrew James Bates (born January 8, 1987) is a political advisor serving as Special Assistant to the President and White House Deputy Press Secretary. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously the Director of Rapid Response for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign. Bates also worked in the Obama-Biden Administration as Press Secretary for the U.S. Trade Representative (2014–2016) and as a communications aide in the White House (2010–2013). Bates was the North Carolina communications director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and led the Democratic super PAC American Bridge’s House races arm in 2018.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Bates is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He graduated from Richard Joshua Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem. He has a bachelor's degree in Political Science from North Carolina State University, where he graduated in 2009 after taking time off to intern for the Obama campaign.[2]
Career[edit]
Obama administration[edit]
While studying political science at North Carolina State University, Bates took time off from school to intern for the 2008 Obama campaign. After returning to earn his degree, he was hired by the White House as a Media Monitor, later becoming a press assistant and then a researcher. When he left to join the U.S. Trade Representative’s press team, Politico wrote that he had become a “fixture” of the Obama communications team.[3]
He also served as press secretary to the U.S. Trade Representative, Michael Froman.[4]
2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign[edit]
Bates was the North Carolina communications director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.[5]
Biden administration[edit]
At its launch in April 2019, Bates joined the 2020 presidential campaign of former Vice President Joe Biden as Director of Rapid Response.[6]
During the Democratic primary, with then-president Donald J. Trump stepping up attacks on Biden following news breaking that he had withheld military aid to Ukraine in an attempt to pressure the Zelenskyy government to tarnish the former vice president, Bates told The Washington Post, “For someone who claims to be a ‘dealmaker,’ Donald Trump has certainly given Joe Biden a lot of rent-free real estate in his own head.”[7]
In November 2020, with Trump signaling that he would refuse to concede the election, Bates responded, “The American people will decide this election. And the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House.”[8]
Bates was the White House Press Office's point person for the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court.[9]
Personal life[edit]
On September 17, 2022,[10] Bates married U.S. State Department Senior Adviser for Global Public Affairs Megan Apper.
References[edit]
- ↑ Singman, Brooke. "Meet the Rapid Response director: Top Biden aide on how the 2020 campaign was unlike any other". Fox News. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ↑ O’Donnell, Lisa. "Reynolds grad joins the White House press team. He'll be among Biden's senior spokesmen". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ↑ Allen, Mike. "Playbook: OBAMA'S 2014 AGENDA to reflect rise of Warren, de Blasio -- CARNEY VOWS to improve photog access -- BOEHNER SCOLDS hard right groups -- KEN DUBERSTEIN to chair IOP -- B'DAYS: Elleithee, Purdum". Politico. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ↑ "USTR Announces New Press Secretary". Inside U.S. Trade. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ↑ Bonner, Lynn. "Clinton campaign opens NC office". The News & Observer. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ↑ Sherman, Jake; Palmer, Anna; Lippman, Daniel; Ross, Garrett; Okun, Eli. "POLITICO Playbook PM: Trump welcomes Biden with a punch in the mouth". Politico. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ↑ Olorunnipa, Toluse; Viser, Matt. "Trump was fixated on attacking Biden long before his call with Ukraine". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ↑ Levin, Bess. "It Sure Sounds Like Trump May Barricade Himself in the Oval office and Refuse to Come Out if Biden Wins". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ↑ Min Kim, Seung. "White House unveils Supreme Court nomination team". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ↑ Chamlee, Virginia. "Biden Staffers Celebrate Their Love with September Wedding — Complete with a Gift from the President". People. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
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