Paris P. Dennard (born. August 19, 1982) is a Republican strategist, political commentator commentator, consultant, and communications strategist. Paris Dennard often appears as a conservative Commentator in discussion rounds at CNN and NPR.

Paris Dennard supported Donald Trump in the 2016 election and was a member of National Diversity Coalition for Trump.

Paris Dennard attended Brophy College Preparatory, a Jesuit high school for boys.

Paris Dennard then attended Pepperdine University through the Richard Eamer Scholars Program and graduated with Bachelor's degrees in Political Science and Public Relations. During his college years, he served as President of his class's Student Government Association. He also spent a semester studying abroad in London; he traveled to eight different countries as part of the program.

During his final year in college, Paris Dennard held an internship at the White House which eventually led to a staffing position after college.

Paris Dennard was politically active during his youth.

He was the chairman of the Arizona Teenage Republicans, a youth-led organization challenging teens to become involved in their political processes.

In the summer of 2000, at the age of 17, he gave a speech at the 2000 Republican National Convention representing the organization.

Paris Dennard was a White House staffer in the Bush Administration from 2005 to 2009. While there, he worked in several offices, including the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Legislative Affairs, and the Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs. In the latter, he served as White House Director of Black Outreach and was responsible for maintaining government contact with the African American population.

In addition, he coordinated the meetings and travels of the President, First Lady Laura Bush, and the House of Representatives, and was responsible for the planning of various events in the White House. One of the events he coordinated was advancing President Bush's visit to Chigi Palace in Rome, Italy.

From 2009 to 2011, Paris Dennard became Associate Director for Coalitions in the Republican National Committee. While serving this position, he worked with grassroots leaders and state parties, training, branding mobilizing leaders for various campaigns.

In 2013, he established his own personal brand for strategic communication and founded the PD Consulting Group (also known as PDCG).

This consultancy firm consults offices for strategic communication, political management, image and brand development, and media training.

In 2014, he served as the Director of Events at the McCain Institute for International Leadership. He also served in the inaugural class of the American Enterprise Institute Leadership Network.

In July 2015, he was appointed Legislative Director of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which focuses on HBCUs. In August 2016, Dennard became the Director of Strategic Communications, and in February 2017 he was promoted to Senior Director of Strategic Communications.

In 2017, Paris Dennard became a political commentator for CNN and political analyst for NPR.

On February 17, 2017, Paris Dennard was on CNN during a discussion about the cost of protecting the first family. When it was his turn to speak, Dennard said that the issue at hand was fake news because the President did not do anything illegal. The host leading the panel, Don Lemon, went on to lecture Dennard how it was not fake news and that he has not seen fake news at all in the mainstream media. When Dennard tried to explain his fake news point, he was subsequently cut off when Lemon abruptly ended the segment and walked off.

Over the course of 2017, Paris Dennard has been involved in some heated debates with fellow political commentator Keith Boykin. They clashed multiple times due to having differing political views, particularly with regards to Donald Trump's actions as the President of the United States.

On February 21, 2017, the two disagreed with each other on Brooke Baldwin's CNN Newsroom regarding Donald Trump's respect for black people.

On August 14, 2017, Paris Dennard appeared on CNN Newsroom again as part of a four-member panel to discuss President Trump's delay to condemn specific groups (by name) involved in the Unite the Right incidents; the other three involved were Keith Boykin, Joe Pinion, and CNN correspondent Sara Sidner.

After exchanging words about whether Trump did enough to repudiate far-right extremist groups, Boykin said he was "ashamed" that Dennard did not agree with him.

Dennard then responded by saying that he is well aware of his blackness and does not need Boykin's approval based what his interpretation of what it means to be black.

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