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White House deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo resigns a day after suspension for threatening comments to Politico reporter
White House deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo has resigned a day after he was suspended for issuing a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his relationship with another reporter.
Key points:
- He was suspended after making threats to a reporter investigating his relationship
- It’s the first departure from the new White House, less than a month into President Joe Biden’s tenure
- Mr Biden vowed to take a hard line on any disrespect among members of his administration
Mr Ducklo had been put on a weeklong suspension without pay after a report surfaced in Vanity Fair outlining his sexist threats against a female Politico journalist to suppress a story about his relationship by telling her “I will destroy you”.
The journalist had…
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