Controversial Trump Advisor Steps in it Again
Gina Loudon, the pro-Trump pundit who regularly appears on Fox News as “Dr. Gina,” has managed to create another misimpression.
In two photos posted to her Instagram feed, Loudon wears a lanyard that reads “Republican Attorney” while posing next to RNC chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel.
“Counting votes w/ our amazing @gop chair, @RonnaMcDaniel in #BrowardCounty,” Loudon wrote in the photos spotted by Florida’s Politico Playbook. “It’s an amazing thing to see. #FloridaElection”.
However, Loudon is not an attorney, nor does she have a law degree. Loudon did not respond to Mediaite requests for comment in time for publication. However, her representative later explained to Mediaite that it is their stance that the Florida GOP assigned her the wrong lanyard.
The pundit’s credentials have been the subject of previous controversy — yet she remains a member of Trump’s 2020 campaign Media Advisory Board. She is routinely introduced as “Dr. Gina” when she appears on Fox News but does not actually have a Ph.D in psychology. As the Daily Beast reported, she has a Ph.D in “human and organization systems”, which has been deemed by some as a subfield of psychology.
Scrutiny into her qualifications was sparked after Loudon used her supposed expertise to assess the president’s brain in an appearance on Hannity. “But my book actually uses science and real data and true psychological theory to explain why it is quite possible that this president is the most sound-minded person to ever occupy the White House,” she said.
Editor’s Note: This story’s headline and certain contents were updated post-publication, after Gina Loudon, in a statement to Mediaite, claimed she was given the wrong lanyard that mislabeled her as an attorney and that she has a Ph.D in “Human and Organization Systems”, which has been deemed by some as a subfield of psychology.
