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White House press aide resigns after threatening POLITICO reporter [View all]
Politico
The resignation comes after Vanity Fair reported about abusive statements by TJ Ducklo.
By QUINT FORGEY
02/13/2021 07:43 PM EST
Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo has resigned after making threatening and abusive remarks to a POLITICO reporter, the White House announced on Saturday.
"We accepted the resignation of TJ Ducklo after a discussion with him this evening," press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement, noting that the "conversation occurred with the support of the White House chief of staff," Ron Klain. "We are committed to striving every day to meet the standard set by the president in treating others with dignity and respect, with civility and with a value for others through our words and our actions," she added.
Ducklo issued his own statement via Twitter, acknowledging the conduct and vowing to "learn from it and do better."
"No words can express my regret, my embarrassment, and my disgust for my behavior," Ducklo wrote. "I used language that no woman should ever have to hear from anyone, especially in a situation where she was just trying to do her job."
Ducklo's resignation came after Vanity Fair reported on Friday about an off-the-record call between Ducklo and Tara Palmeri, a co-author of POLITICO’s Playbook newsletter, who was in the process of reporting on Ducklo’s relationship with Axios reporter Alexi McCammond.
After the Vanity Fair story was published, Psaki announced that Ducklo had been "placed on a one-week suspension without pay" and that he would no longer be assigned to work with any POLITICO reporters.
Addressing Ducklo’s suspension further at a White House briefing Friday afternoon, Psaki said Ducklo is “the first to acknowledge” that his actions do not meet “the standard of behavior set out by the president, nor is it the standard of behavior set out by me. And I’m his direct supervisor.”
But Psaki also said that Ducklo’s inappropriate remarks toward Palmeri were in the context of “a story related to his personal life.”
“I’m not saying that’s acceptable, but I just want to be clear that it was not about an issue related to the White House or White House policy, or anything along those lines,” she said.
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The resignation comes after Vanity Fair reported about abusive statements by TJ Ducklo.
By QUINT FORGEY
02/13/2021 07:43 PM EST
Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo has resigned after making threatening and abusive remarks to a POLITICO reporter, the White House announced on Saturday.
"We accepted the resignation of TJ Ducklo after a discussion with him this evening," press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement, noting that the "conversation occurred with the support of the White House chief of staff," Ron Klain. "We are committed to striving every day to meet the standard set by the president in treating others with dignity and respect, with civility and with a value for others through our words and our actions," she added.
Ducklo issued his own statement via Twitter, acknowledging the conduct and vowing to "learn from it and do better."
"No words can express my regret, my embarrassment, and my disgust for my behavior," Ducklo wrote. "I used language that no woman should ever have to hear from anyone, especially in a situation where she was just trying to do her job."
Ducklo's resignation came after Vanity Fair reported on Friday about an off-the-record call between Ducklo and Tara Palmeri, a co-author of POLITICO’s Playbook newsletter, who was in the process of reporting on Ducklo’s relationship with Axios reporter Alexi McCammond.
After the Vanity Fair story was published, Psaki announced that Ducklo had been "placed on a one-week suspension without pay" and that he would no longer be assigned to work with any POLITICO reporters.
Addressing Ducklo’s suspension further at a White House briefing Friday afternoon, Psaki said Ducklo is “the first to acknowledge” that his actions do not meet “the standard of behavior set out by the president, nor is it the standard of behavior set out by me. And I’m his direct supervisor.”
But Psaki also said that Ducklo’s inappropriate remarks toward Palmeri were in the context of “a story related to his personal life.”
“I’m not saying that’s acceptable, but I just want to be clear that it was not about an issue related to the White House or White House policy, or anything along those lines,” she said.
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Good. There is a party where creeps like this rule. I'll just add that the party of which-I-speak, begins with a "Republican".
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