R.C. Hammond

R.C. Hammond
Born	Robert C. Hammond 1979 (age 37–38) Moultonborough, New Hampshire
Residence	Arlington, Virginia
Nationality	American
Alma mater	George Washington University, Wheaton College
Occupation	Press Secretary
Employer	Newt 2012, Inc.
Political party	Republican

R.C. Hammond (born 1979) is an American political strategist and communications director. He is currently a communications adviser for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Hammond served as the press secretary to Newt Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign. He previously served Gingrich at his American Solutions for Winning the Future PAC. Hammond has worked as press secretary or communications director for Senator Gordon H. Smith, Senator John E. Sununu and Representative Shelly Moore Capito. He founded R. C. Hammond Public Affairs in 2012.

Robert C. Hammond was born in Moultonborough, New Hampshire. He graduated from George Washington University in 2002 with a BA in political communication.

For 10 years, Hammond served as a political aide to Republican members of Congress. He worked as press secretary or communications director for Senator Gordon H. Smith, Senator John E. Sununu and Representative Shelly Moore Capito. Hammond worked under Newt Gingrich at his American Solutions for Winning the Future PAC.

Hammond served as the press secretary and national spokesman for Newt Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign. During the campaign, Hammond excluded national press from one of Gingrich's news conferences and refused to take questions from a Los Angeles Times reporter because of a story he had written. Following a campaign event in Alabama, Hammond threatened to withhold information from journalists if they wrote about Gingrich's unavailability to the press. Asked if he was withholding access if the press printed something he didn't want, he said "I've been doing that for the entire campaign."

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