February 13, 2021
Joe Biden wimps out on firing his 'Scaramucci'
By Monica Showalter
Twenty-three days ago, Joe Biden made a big deal about firing people in his administration "on the spot" who were disrespectful:
“I am 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 promise you I will fire you on the spot … on the spot. No ifs, ands, or buts,†he cautioned on the first day of his presidency.
Twenty three days in he got a doozy in one of those, with a creep in his press office named T.J. Ducklo, a "deputy press secretary" who vowed to 'destroy' a reporter who was assigned to write of how he was dating an Axios reporter covering the administration. Ducklo accompanied his threats with pervy sex-harassment insults. According to Vanity Fair (language warning):
The confrontation began on Inauguration Day, January 20, after Palmeri, a coauthor of Politico’s Playbook, contacted McCammond for comment while one of her male colleagues left a message for Ducklo, according to the sources. Ducklo subsequently called a Playbook editor to object to the story, but was told to call the Playbook reporters with his concerns. But instead of calling the male reporter who initially contacted him, Ducklo tried to intimidate Palmeri by phone in an effort to kill the story. “I will destroy you,†Ducklo told her, according to the sources, adding that he would ruin her reputation if she published it.
During the off-the-record call, Ducklo made derogatory and misogynistic comments, accusing Palmeri of only reporting on his relationship—which, due to the ethics questions that factor into the relationship between a journalist and White House official, falls under the purview of her reporting beat—because she was “jealous†that an unidentified man in the past had “wanted to fuck†McCammond “and not you.†Ducklo also accused Palmeri of being “jealous†of his relationship with McCammond. (Palmeri had no prior relationship or communication with McCammond before calling her to report on the Playbook item, which was a story that she was assigned and had not independently pursued.)
He's quite a pearl.
And his actions took place right out the gate.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/02/joe_biden_wimps_out_on_firing_his_scaramucci.html
