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Deputy White House press secretary TJ Ducklo has been suspended for one week after he harassed and threatened a Politico journalist who was pursuing a story about his romantic involvement with another reporter.
Vanity Fair reported that Ducklo responded angrily during an off-the-record call with Politico’s Tara Palmeri when she was reporting on his relationship with Alexi McCammond, an Axios reporter who met Ducklo while covering the Biden campaign.
“I will destroy you,” Ducklo reportedly told Palmeri on the call, during which he also made misogynistic comments and suggested she was “jealous” that an unidentified man was interested in McCammond and not her.
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Ducklo’s behavior has drawn particular scrutiny given comments President Biden made on his first day in office, warning staffers and appointees that they would be expected to treat others with respect.
“I’m not joking when I say this: If you’re ever working with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect or talk down to someone, I promise you, I will fire you on the spot — on the spot. No ifs ands or buts,” Biden said during a virtual swearing-in ceremony on Inauguration Day.
“Everybody is entitled to be treated with decency and dignity,” he said. “That’s been missing in a big way the last four years.”
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Article URL : https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/538629-white-house-press-aide-suspended-for-threatening-politico-reporter