President Joe Biden had said he would fire staffers who disrespected colleagues.
A White House press aide who reportedly threatened to “destroy” a reporter working on a story about his relationship with another journalist has resigned.
Deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo initially had been suspended for one week, without pay, on Friday after Vanity Fair reported he told Politico’s Tara Palmeri that he would “destroy” her for writing about his relationship with Axios reporter Alexi McCammond.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the White House accepted Ducklo’s resignation Saturday evening.
“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,” Psaki said in a statement.
Ducklo also tweeted his own statement, saying in part, “No words can express my regret, embarrassment and my disgust for my behavior.”
No doubt someone gave him a job.