White House deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo listens as press secretary Jen Psaki speaks throughout a press instruction at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington.
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President Joe Biden’s deputy White House press secretary has actually been suspended for one week without pay after supposedly threatening a press reporter.
T.J. Ducklo, who was likewise Biden’s chief project spokesperson, was placed on leave for 7 days in the wake of a Vanity Fair story detailing a controversial discussion he had with a Politico press reporter. During that discussion, Ducklo supposedly stated, “I will destroy you.”
Ducklo likewise supposedly made negative and misogynistic remarks to the press reporter, who is a female.
According to the Vanity Fair story, White House authorities knew Ducklo’s discussion with the press reporter in January. The suspension comes hours after the publication of the Vanity Fair story Friday.
The press reporter Ducklo supposedly threatened was checking out Ducklo’s relationship with an Axios press reporter who had actually covered Biden.
Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, stated in a series of tweets Friday that Ducklo was suspended which he can no longer speak with press reporters at Politico.
Ducklo’s suspension comes weeks after Biden himself informed a group of administration appointees that he would fire anybody who dealt with another coworker with disrespect.
“I’m not joking when I say this: If you ever work with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I will fire you on the spot. No ifs, ands or buts,” Biden stated last month.
Ducklo, who did not react to CNBC’s ask for remark, was formerly an NBC worker.
