{"id":1507403,"date":"2022-06-08T09:19:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T13:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1507403"},"modified":"2022-06-08T09:19:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T13:19:22","slug":"mass-exodus-at-white-house-continues-as-reports-of-inner-turmoil-swirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mass-exodus-at-white-house-continues-as-reports-of-inner-turmoil-swirl\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Exodus At White House Continues As Reports Of Inner Turmoil Swirl"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fmass-exodus-at-white-house-continues-as-reports-of-inner-turmoil-swirl%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=1507403&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--><p>The exodus of staff from the White House continued this week amid reports that President Joe Biden is frustrated that his message is not getting out \u2014 and at one point reportedly reminded people around him that he\u2019s still the president.<\/p>\n<p>White House Rapid Response Director Mike Gwin and White House press assistant Michael Kikukawa are both leaving to serve in public affairs at the U.S. Treasury, which is having its own problem in explaining soaring inflation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn a sad note, our dear friend and colleague Michael Gwin will be leaving us for Treasury, where he will serve as deputy assistant secretary for Public Affairs,\u201d\u00a0White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced. \u201cGwin has served as the White House\u00a0director of Rapid Response for the past 16 months, responding to the most challenging and difficult issues imaginable. Yet amidst these often emotionally wrenching stories, Gwin\u2019s poise and moral clarity are unfailing, and his willingness and ability to step up has made him an indispensable member of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden lost his main spokesperson, Jen Psaki, last month when she departed for a job at MSNBC. The White House last week also announced that assistant press secretary Vedant Patel is moving to the State Department press office and the White House\u2019s press office chief of staff Amanda Finney is moving to the Energy Department.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden departure of a slew of press staffers comes after three reports by mainstream media outlets cataloged dysfunction and turmoil in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News posted a piece last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/biden-white-house-adrift-rcna30121\">headlined<\/a>, \u201cInside a Biden White House adrift,\u201d which said, \u201cAmid a rolling series of calamities and sinking approval ratings, the president\u2019s feeling lately is that he just can\u2019t catch a break \u2014 and that angst is rippling through his party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFaced with a worsening political predicament, President Joe Biden is pressing aides for a more compelling message and a sharper strategy while bristling at how they\u2019ve tried to stifle the plain-speaking persona that has long been one of his most potent assets,\u201d NBC News wrote. \u201cBiden is rattled by his sinking approval ratings and is looking to regain voters\u2019 confidence that he can provide the sure-handed leadership he promised during the campaign,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>people close to the president say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post piled on with a piece <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/31\/biden-inflation-frustration\/\">headlined<\/a>, \u201cWhite House scrambles on inflation after Biden complains to aides,\u201d which said Biden \u201cfumes privately that administration isn\u2019t doing enough to show concern on high prices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe White House launched a new push Tuesday to contain the political damage caused by inflation after President Biden complained for weeks to aides that his administration was not doing enough to publicly explain the fastest price increases in roughly four decades,\u201d the Post wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has gone so far as \u201creminding his staff that he\u2019s the one who is president,\u201d NBC wrote.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exodus of staff from the White House continued this week amid reports that President Joe Biden is frustrated that his message is not getting out \u2014 and at one point reportedly reminded people around him that he\u2019s still the president. 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