Palmeri’s tweet triggered former Obama speechwriter and self-proclaimed “Obama bro” Jon Favreau, who rushed to Psaki’s defense by proclaiming “Tara’s lying to you”: This is a lie. “The best way to connect with people is through stories that are important to … [32], On December 5, 2008, a picture of Favreau grabbing the breast of a cardboard cut-out of then-Senator Hillary Clinton was posted on Facebook. National Security Advisor, Strategic Comm. [8] Favreau was hired as Obama's speechwriter shortly after Obama's election to the United States Senate. Jon Favreau was the director of speechwriting for Obama for 8 years until 2014. [33] Clinton had recently been announced as Obama's nominee for U.S. Secretary of State. The story is more important than the words Like, 'Joe Biden has found a fellow moderate or centrist,'" Favreau began. [16] He described this theory to Obama as, "A speech can broaden the circle of people who care about this stuff. [18], Obama communications aide Robert Gibbs, who had worked for Kerry's campaign, recommended Favreau to Obama as an excellent writer, and in 2005 he began working for Barack Obama in his United States Senate office, before joining Obama's presidential campaign as chief speechwriter in 2006. When the Kerry campaign began to falter at one point, they found themselves without a speechwriter, and Favreau was promoted to the role of deputy speechwriter. [28], Favreau was named one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" by Time magazine in 2009. "[25] In regard to his post-political future, he said, "Maybe I'll write a screenplay, or maybe a fiction book based loosely on what all of this was like. [45], He is the brother of actor Andy Favreau. He is out of touch if he thinks his election means unity/healing in a nation in which his supporters have dismissed (& continue to) half the nation as evil for 4 yrs. At one point, he took a moment to chide the media's coverage of the California senator. During her own presidential run, Harris expressed her support for the Green New Deal, Medicare-for-all, decriminalizing illegal border crossings, and mandatory gun buybacks. Jonathan Edward Favreau[1] (/ˈfævroʊ/; born June 2, 1981)[2] is an American political commentator, podcaster, and the former Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama.[3][4][5]. "[20], Favreau led a speech writing team for the campaign which included Ben Rhodes and Cody Keenan. Gerson also admires Favreau's work, and sought him out at an Obama New Hampshire campaign rally to speak with the younger speechwriter. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. "If that's where the Overton window has moved, then congratulations to all the progressive activists because you have f---in' moved the s--- out of that window! For the actor and filmmaker, see, Obama works with Favreau on the President's Normandy speech aboard, Harris, John & Cogan, Marin (2010-06-10). In March 2013, Favreau left the White House, along with Tommy Vietor, to pursue a career in private sector consulting and screenwriting. [41] They married at her family's vacation property in Biddeford Pool, Maine on June 17, 2017. In addition, "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert compared the political idealogy of her and Biden to "Rockefeller Republicans.". "[21] He and Obama share a fierce sports rivalry, between the Boston Red Sox, favored by Favreau, and the Chicago White Sox, favored by Obama. https://www.foxnews.com/media/jon-favreau-kamala-harris-media-moderate And so, to Storytelling. 401x807 - He memorised the 2004 speech to the democratic national • this article was amended on friday 23 january 2009. Jon Favreau Updated Apr. “Hey, everyone, this is Jon Favreau, director of speechwriting.” It’s mid-November and Barack Obama has begun his first official Asian tour with a speech at Suntory Hall in Tokyo. On his Vote Saves America podcast Thursday, Favreau spoke with other Obama staffers about presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's selection of Harris as his running mate. There is a great story behind Obama’s excellence in his speeches. In the wake of the new Republican healthcare bill, the AHCA, he coined the term "Wealthcare". Uninterested in Favreau's résumé, Obama instead questioned Favreau on what motivated him to work in politics, and what his theory of writing was. Uninterested in Favreau's résumé, Obama instead questioned Favreau on what motivated him to work in politics, and what his theory of writing was. [3] He became the second-youngest chief White House speechwriter on record, after James Fallows. However, Vox founder and editor-at-large Ezra Klein argued that Harris joining the Democratic ticket shows Biden "moving left" instead of towards the center. All rights reserved. Favreau, then 23 years old, interrupted Obama's rehearsal, advising the soon-to-be-elected Senator that a rewrite was needed to avoid an overlap with Kerry's address. National Security Advisor, Chief of Staff, Deputy White House Communications Director, Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, Director, White House Information Technology, This page was last edited on 21 January 2021, at 01:52. Go fix that. A straight shooter, who isn't afraid to occasionally reveal the White House's fratty side. ", Holy Cross Commencement Website (2014-04-25)", "Mass. Former Obama speechwriter (and current star of the Pod Save America franchise) Jon Favreau spoke for the outraged masses when he tweeted … ", "Unseen but heard – Meet Obama's speechwriter", "Opposition and a Shave: Former Obama Aides Counter Trump", "Born in Winchester hospital, grew up in NR", "Obama's Ghost – Jon Favreau – Obama's Speechwriter", "Obama speechwriter has deep New Hampshire roots", "Full transcript: 'Keepin' It 1600' co-host Jon Favreau on Recode Media", "Jon Favreau: Obama's Mind Reader Prepares for Congressional Address", "I am shocked to see a factual error in today's Washington Post! Tall, gap … [18], He joined Senator John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign soon after graduation from the College of the Holy Cross. The New York Times raised eyebrows this week by labeling her a "pragmatic moderate" while an op-ed from The Washington Post called her a "small-c conservative. gift to Obama; HC valedictorian Favreau is top speechwriter", "President-Elect Barack Obama names two new White House staff members", "Washington Post: Which Obama speech is one for the history books? "It was hilarious to me that she's being called in all of this coverage a 'moderate.' … [17], At Holy Cross, he was treasurer and debate committee chairman for the College Democrats, and studied classical piano. Jon shared five golden tips of storytelling that certainly do not only apply in politics, but in business presentations and every speech you need to make. [15] From 1999 to 2000, he served on the Welfare Solidarity Project, eventually becoming its director. Even though you've been so disappointed and cynical about politics in the past, and with good reason, we can move in the right direction. The Guardian describes the process as follows: "The inaugural speech has shuttled between them [Obama and Favreau] four or five times, following an initial hour-long meeting in which the President-elect spoke about his vision for the address, and Favreau took notes on his computer. Favreau attended the College of the Holy Cross, graduating as valedictorian. All rights reserved. In 2001, Favreau worked with Habitat for Humanity and a University of Massachusetts Amherst program to bring visitors to cancer patients. Hi and welcome to the Windy City's Team Obama. or redistributed. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. After graduation, he went to work for the John Kerry presidential campaign in 2004, working to collect talk radio news for the campaign and was promoted to the role of Deputy Speechwriter. From 2013 to 2016, Favreau wrote sporadically for the Daily Beast. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Jon Favreau gives you a glimpse of what the Republican frontrunner will likely sound like should he win the nomination. However, timing is everything, and former Barack Obama speechwriter and Pod Save America co-host Jon Favreau says the time has come for some positive, optimistic stories: This is … "[13][14] Favreau graduated from the Jesuit College of the Holy Cross in 2003 as his class's valedictorian,[15][16] with a degree in political science. [9], In January 2017, he co-founded liberal media company Crooked Media with fellow former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett, and began co-hosting the political podcast Pod Save America with Vietor, Lovett and Dan Pfeiffer. [16] Favreau first met Obama (then an Illinois State Senator running for the U.S. Senate), while still working for Kerry, backstage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention as Obama was rehearsing his keynote address. Favreau, 37, joined Barack Obama’s speechwriting team in 2005 when Obama was a freshman senator. Favreau then went away and spent weeks on research. Following Kerry's defeat, Favreau became dispirited with politics, and was uncertain if he would do such work again. The way he has contributed to the relevant and beautiful speeches delivered by the President of United States is something we admire and has motivated us in our daily work of storytelling [26][22] Together, they founded the communications firm Fenway Strategies. He also earned a variety of honors in college, including the Vanicelli Award; being named the 2001 Charles A. Dana Scholar; memberships in the Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, the College Honors Program, the Sociology Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Delta, and was awarded a Harry S. Truman Scholarship in 2002. [19] His interview with Obama was on the Senator's first day. At points during the campaign, he was said to feel overwhelmed by his responsibilities, and would turn to Axelrod, and his friends for advice.[20]. How do you say to the average person that's been hurting: 'I hear you, I'm there?' On March 1, White House wunderkind Jon Favreau will retire his position as President Obama’s chief speechwriter. Market data provided by Factset. Legal Statement. Jon Favreau, President Obama’s chief speechwriter, will be leaving his post come March, the Los Angeles Times reports and … His father is of French Canadian descent and his mother is of Greek descent. Since leaving the White House, Favreau has written and spoken about politics and speechwriting to audiences throughout the world. He went on the campaign trail with Obama during his successful presidential election campaign. [18] His leadership style among the other Obama speechwriters was very informal. "[35][36][22], In June 2010, the website FamousDC.com obtained a picture of Favreau along with Assistant White House Press Secretary Tommy Vietor, playing beer pong after taking off their shirts at a restaurant in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.[37] This event attracted criticism from the press because of its timing during the height of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Favreau was planning to hire more speechwriters to assist him, but conceded he was unsure of how to manage them. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. [30][31] Favreau was one of several Obama administration members in the 2009 "World's Most Beautiful People" issue of People magazine. [15] He was an editor on his college newspaper, and during summers in college, he earned extra income selling newspapers as a telemarketer, while also interning in John Kerry's offices. White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning, Dep. Throughout the grueling, nearly two-year-long presidential campaign, Favreau lived a life of constant deadlines and caffeine-fueled nights, carrying Obama… Obama and Favreau grew close, and Obama referred to him as his "mind reader." [44], On May 23, 2014, Favreau was awarded an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree by his alma mater, Holy Cross, where he also gave the commencement address. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. She's for the Green New Deal. In 2007, Keenan took a summer internship in speechwriting on Barack Obama's presidential campaign, working under Jon Favreau, before returning to the Kennedy School to … According to GovTrack analysis, Harris was ranked as the "most liberal" senator in 2019 outranking both Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Tara’s lying to you, and worse, apparently thinks you won’t read the full piece: His interview with Obama was on the Senator's first day. — Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 8, 2020. I’m call them like I see them, same as u. For people in my generation, it was an unbelievable way to grow up."[20]. [18] During the campaigns, he was obsessed with election tracking polls, jokingly referring to them as his "daily crack." The New York Times was knocked for calling Kamala Harris a 'pragmatic moderate' in its tweet alerting Joe Biden's choice; Fox News contributors Marc Thiessen and Jessica Tarlov react on ‘The Daily Briefing.’, Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau has dismissed the mainstream media's trend of describing Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as a "moderate.". [6] In college, he accumulated scholastic honors, and took part in and directed community and civic programs. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. He described thi… The Senator's office responded by joking that "Senator Clinton is pleased to learn of Jon's obvious interest in the State Department, and is currently reviewing his application. We at BKB feel a natural connection with Jon Favreau. National Security Advisor, Iraq and Afghanistan. His team interviewed historians and speechwriters, studied periods of crisis, and listened to past inaugural orations. — Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 8, 2020 Kelly, who recently launched a new podcast called The Megyn Kelly Show , tweeted last week that President Trump should concede that he lost the election. Legal Statement. In his comic, coming-of-age memoir, he takes us back to the Obama years – and charts a path forward in the age of Trump. ", STEPHEN COLBERT COMPARES POLITICAL IDEOLOGY OF BIDEN, HARRIS TO 'ROCKEFELLER REPUBLICANS', "If you want to call Kamala Harris' record in the Senate and the policies that she's supporting now 'centrist' or 'moderate,' great!" [43] Favreau announced on Twitter that their son, Charles “Charlie” Harrison, was born on July 23, 2020. [29] In the same year he was ranked 33rd in the GQ "50 Most Powerful in D.C." and featured in the Vanity Fair "Next Establishment" list. In 2005, Obama's communications director Robert Gibbs recommended Favreau to Obama as a speechwriter. According to several outlets, the … Market data provided by Factset. Obama communications aide Robert Gibbs, who had worked for Kerry's campaign, recommended Favreau to Obama as an excellent writer, and in 2005 he began working for Barack Obama in his United States Senate office, before joining Obama's presidential campaign as chief speechwriter in 2006. [23] He was the primary writer of Obama's inauguration address of January 2009. [46], This article is about the speechwriter. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. [38][39][40], In early July 2016, after four years of dating, Favreau proposed to Emily Black, daughter of federal Judge Timothy Black. "If he had, we probably would have laughed at him," Rhodes said. ©2021 FOX News Network, LLC. Mr. Favreau certainly had reason to be interested. White House Parties As Gulf Coast Suffers, "Jon Favreau on Speechwriting, Life After D.C. ... and Melania Trump", "Actor Andy Favreau on His Way-Famous Brother and New Show with Mindy Kaling - Best Life", "Jon Favreau collected news and commentary", Jon Favreau's valedictory address at College of the Holy Cross, Leaving West Wing to pursue Hollywood dream, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jon_Favreau_(speechwriter)&oldid=1001731062, American people of French-Canadian descent, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Dep. According to Rhodes, Favreau did not drive structured meetings with agendas. It might have seemed funny during the party. Fantastic! He currently serves on the Board of Advisors of Let America Vote, a voting rights organization founded by fellow Crooked Media host Jason Kander. In 2002, he became head of an initiative to help unemployed individuals improve their résumés and interview skills. Top Ds are right now threatening anyone who “enabled” him. [27] In 2016, after the November presidential election was won by Donald Trump, Favreau, Vietor and Jon Lovett founded Crooked Media. According to him, "My biggest strength isn't the organization thing. Favreau led the team that wrote Obama's victory speech in Des Moines -- a moment that prompted the TV pundits to drop months of skepticism about Obama's candidacy to make breathless comparisons with the Kennedy era, according to Richard Wolffe in Newsweek, January 6th, 2008. As the chief speechwriter for the 2008 Obama campaign, Mr. Favreau had hired the woman who wrote Mrs. Obama… We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln ... Jon favreau, age 27, is not the youngest chief speechwriter in the white house. … [10], Favreau was born at Winchester Hospital and raised in nearby North Reading, Massachusetts,[2][11] the son of Lillian (née DeMarkis), a schoolteacher, and Mark Favreau. [19] His salary was $172,200 a year. She has one of the most liberal records in the U.S. Dep. Favreau plans to stay in Washington for a while, but he has often told friends that he wants to pursue screenwriting, as did former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett, the … [18] For his work with Obama in the campaign, he would wake as early as 5 a.m., and routinely stayed up until 3 a.m. working on speeches. [3] While working for the Kerry campaign, his job was to assemble audio clips of talk radio programs for the Kerry camp to review for the next day. ", Several mainstream media outlets have described Harris as more moderate than she actually is. [7] Favreau first met Barack Obama, then a state Senator from Illinois, while working on the Kerry campaign. Barack Obama Jon Favreau delivered at our 15th anniversary in September 2014. And even though his boss, Barack Obama, had lost, Jon Favreau couldn't help but smile. "[21], When President Obama assumed office in 2009, Favreau was appointed Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting. [2] When the White Sox defeated the Red Sox 3–0 in the 2005 American League playoffs, Obama swept off Favreau's desk with a small broom. Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said of Favreau, "Barack trusts him...And Barack doesn't trust too many folks with that—the notion of surrendering that much authority over his own words. [42] On March 14, 2020, Emily announced on Instagram that she and Favreau were expecting their first child, a son, in August 2020. Favreau co-hosts Crooked's premier political podcast Pod Save America with Dan Pfeiffer, Vietor and Lovett. Favreau has declared that the speeches of Robert F. Kennedy and Michael Gerson have influenced his work,[22] and has expressed admiration for Peggy Noonan's speechwriting, citing a talk given by Ronald Reagan at Pointe du Hoc as his favorite Noonan speech. Senate! To understand the Obama presidency, one must understand Jon Favreau (not to be confused with his namesake, the Hollywood actor and Iron Man director). It’s striking to see who Obama refers to by their first names or nicknames in A Promised Land: Joe (Biden), Rahm (Emanuel), Axe (David Axelrod), Valerie (Jarrett), Gibbs (Robert Gibbs, his first press secretary), Favs (Jon Favreau, a top speechwriter), Ben (Rhodes, another key speechwriter), Samantha (Power, a human rights writer who served on Obama’s Senate staff and then went with him …
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