{"id":133801,"date":"2021-02-15T13:09:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=133801"},"modified":"2021-02-15T13:28:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:28:08","slug":"biden-should-have-fulfilled-his-promise-and-fired-ducklo-on-the-spot-after-he-reportedly-sexually-harassed-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-should-have-fulfilled-his-promise-and-fired-ducklo-on-the-spot-after-he-reportedly-sexually-harassed-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Should Have Fulfilled His Promise And Fired Ducklo \u2018On The Spot\u2019 After He Reportedly Sexually Harassed Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-should-have-fulfilled-his-promise-and-fired-ducklo-on-the-spot-after-he-reportedly-sexually-harassed-reporter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=133801&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1256154622-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you\u2019re ever working 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 if, ands, or buts. Everybody \u2014 everybody is entitled to be treated with decency and dignity,\u201d President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1360275474820300800\">announced<\/a> just a few weeks ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Turns out, that promise was worthless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Friday, the White House announced that it was only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-suspends-deputy-press-secretary-for-allegedly-sexually-harassing-threatening-reporter\">suspending<\/a> Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo \u201cafter a report surfaced alleging that he sexually harassed and threatened a female reporter who was getting ready to publish a report revealing that he was dating a reporter who had previously been tasked with covering Democrat Joe Biden.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Ducklo submitted his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tj-ducklo-resigns-as-white-house-deputy-press-secretary?%3Futm_source=twitter\">resignation<\/a><span>, saying in a statement, \u201cNo words can express my regret, my embarrassment, and my disgust for my behavior. I used language that no women should ever have to hear from anyone, especially in a situation where she was just trying to do her job. It was language that was abhorrent, disrespectful, and unacceptable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During an off-the-record call between Politico reporter Tara Palmeri and Ducklo, which occurred after Palmeri contacted Axios political reporter Alexi McCammond for comment, \u201cDucklo made derogatory and misogynistic comments, accusing Palmeri of only reporting on his relationship \u2014 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 \u2014 because she was \u2018jealous\u2019 that an unidentified man in the past had \u2018wanted to f***\u2019 McCammond \u2018and not you.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDucklo also accused Palmeri of being \u2018jealous\u2019 of his relationship with McCammond,\u201d the report from<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2021\/02\/i-will-destroy-you-biden-aide-threatened-a-politico-reporter-pursuing-a-story-on-his-relationship\"><span>Vanity Fair<\/span><\/a> <span>added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In initial response to the reports, White House press secretary Jen Psaki wrote that Ducklo had apologized, that the conversation was \u201cheated,\u201d and that Ducklo \u201cis the first to acknowledge this is not the standard of behavior set out by the President.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TJ Ducklo has apologized to the reporter, with whom he had a heated conversation about his personal life. He is the first to acknowledge this is not the standard of behavior set out by the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen Psaki (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1360284947785936899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With the approval of the White House Chief of Staff, he has been placed on a one-week suspension without pay. In addition, when he returns, he will no longer be assigned to work with any reporters at Politico.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen Psaki (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1360284954165448711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Announcing Ducklo\u2019s resignation, Psaki repeated that \u201cWe are committed to striving every day to set the standard set by the president in treating others with dignity and respect,\u201d despite reportedly knowing about Ducklo\u2019s alleged actions on January 21.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Psaki, along with senior aide Anita Dunn, was made aware of Ducklo\u2019s sexist tirade on Jan. 21. Only after the Vanity Fair story on Feb 12 did Psaki\/the administration act because they had to. Without the VF story, nothing happens here. This accountably statement is laughable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeConchaTV\/status\/1360745295248842752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>If Biden\u2019s promises of swift action in defense of dignity meant anything, Ducklo would have been immediately terminated long before his suspension or resignation. Given that Psaki indicated that Ducklo had acknowledged the accuracy of the reports, even apologizing to the reporter, by Biden\u2019s own \u201cstandards,\u201d it is clear that he should have been fired \u201con the spot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Unfortunately, we don\u2019t live in such an ideal world. We live in a world where accusations of sexual harassment are inconsistently condemned or dismissed based on the political affiliation of the reportedly guilty party. Ducklo is a Democrat, and so after ignoring the accusations for weeks, his subsequent punishment was a short vacation. If Ducklo was the Deputy Secretary to, say, Kayleigh McEnany, the Democrats would have demanded something quite different.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Given that Ducklo\u2019s reported actions fell into the category of Biden\u2019s \u201cifs, ands, or buts,\u201d we have evidence of something that the pessimistic and cynical among us already knew: Biden\u2019s promises are empty and meaningless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t life easy when you\u2019re a Democrat?<\/p>\n<p><em>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><em>@ighaworth<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re ever working 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 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893483,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,6363,6814,4334,6055,3818],"class_list":["post-133801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-fired","tag-fulfilled","tag-have","tag-promise","tag-should"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}