{"id":1521943,"date":"2022-06-18T09:19:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T13:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1521943"},"modified":"2022-06-18T09:19:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T13:19:14","slug":"more-white-house-staffers-are-heading-for-the-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-white-house-staffers-are-heading-for-the-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"More White House Staffers Are Heading for the Exit"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fmore-white-house-staffers-are-heading-for-the-exit%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=1521943&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><\/div>\n<p>We\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2022\/06\/03\/report-more-wh-comms-staffers-abandon-ship-as-biden-harris-iceberg-comes-into-focus-n574489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been reporting<\/a> how there\u2019s been a big shake-up over the past few months at the White House, particularly in the communications area.<\/p>\n<p>One of the many changes was former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki finally heading for the exits last month, to be replaced by her deputy, now Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. But Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/06\/07\/another-wh-comms-staffer-flees-as-the-press-corps-loses-its-patience-n575918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was also joined<\/a> in making for the door by Assistant Press Secretary Vedant Patel (going to the State Department), Press Office Chief of Staff Amanda Finney (going to the Energy Department), White House Rapid Response Director Mike Gwin (going to the Treasury Department) and Michael Kikukawa (also going to Treasury). That\u2019s a good chunk of the communications team and came as the media is losing patience with the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The change doesn\u2019t seem to have been for the better so far, as Jean-Pierre keeps having difficulties. They <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/06\/15\/wh-brings-in-more-help-for-briefing-but-it-still-turns-into-a-dumpster-fire-n579196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brought in \u2018help\u2019 on Wednesday \u2014 John Kirby<\/a>, the new National Security Council coordinator for Strategic Communications but that didn\u2019t seem to help much.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not the only place where there has been turnover and one senior administration official acknowledged that <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/3526673-biden-aides-tapped-out-as-white-house-faces-staff-shake-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">many aides are \u201ctapped out.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a long few years,\u201d the official said. \u201cThe burnout is real. It might not be the ideal time to leave with everything going on, but it\u2019s the right time.\u201d<br \/>The official explained the early summer months are considered the best time to leave before midterms season begins. \u201cAnd then you\u2019re really locked in,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The latest official leaving this week is White House counsel Dana Remus. Her deputy Stuart Delery is going to replace her. Remus was in charge of things like helping to select federal judicial nominees, like Ketanji Brown Jackson. But if the Republicans win in November, the White House counsel position may have to have to deal with the Congressional investigations involving Biden that are likely to start coming in fast and furious.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats are already conceding the wave is about to take them out and the investigations are coming.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Former Rep. Chris Carney (D-Pa.), a Biden ally and senior policy adviser at Nossaman LLP, argued that Remus\u2019s departure offers good timing for the White House to prepare for such investigations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it would be more surprising if she left in the fall. I think that her timing now provides Delery more than ample time to get prepared for the kinds of onslaught they expect from Republicans in the fall,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The shake-up isn\u2019t good on top of all the bad polling that has left Biden at his lowest average polling number from Real Clear Politics so far: <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/06\/13\/bidens-approval-hits-yet-another-record-low-as-gas-and-food-hit-record-highs-n577999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">39.3.<\/a> No one wants to be <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/3526673-biden-aides-tapped-out-as-white-house-faces-staff-shake-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on a sinking ship. <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t look good,\u201d said one Democratic strategist. \u201cThe perception from the outside is that it\u2019s not the place you want to be. There\u2019s a lot of finger-pointing going around right now. It doesn\u2019t seem like it\u2019s humming the way it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On top of that, 21 black staffers have left since December, raising concerns <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/bobhoge\/2022\/06\/01\/report-black-staffers-exiting-biden-white-house-in-a-blaxit-n573600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about a \u201cBlaxit\u201d from the White House<\/a>. Perhaps one of the most critical people to leave has been former Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA). He\u2019s been replaced by Keisha Lance Bottoms, coming in as a senior adviser to the president for public engagement. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/26\/biden-adviser-cedric-richmond-to-leave-white-house-for-dnc\/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_medium=SocialFlow&#038;utm_source=NYPTwitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">out the door to the DNC<\/a> after reporting came out that he called left-wing Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) \u201cf\u2014ing idiots.\u201d The White House called the move a \u201cpromotion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was also a stir on Thursday surrounding the announcement of one of their new people. CBS\u2019s Ed O\u2019Keefe announced that Julie Chavez Rodriguez (the granddaughter of Cesar Chavez) would be the director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and the \u201cfirst Latina to ever hold a top West Wing staffing role.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FIRST FROM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CBSNews<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@POTUS<\/a> Biden is promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulieCR46?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JulieCR46<\/a> to senior adviser and assistant to the president, making her the most senior <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Latina?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Latina<\/a> to ever serve in a West Wing staff job: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gxqhLXuF76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/gxqhLXuF76<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ed O&#8217;Keefe (@edokeefe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edokeefe\/status\/1537052133962534913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That wasn\u2019t true, as Mercedes Schlapp was a senior adviser to Trump, and Cecilia Munoz a senior adviser to Barack Obama. But again this makes one wonder about the journalism here \u2014 did Ed O\u2019Keefe just take what the White House likely told him on faith, without even checking? Because that\u2019s what it looks like and his tweet is still up, without any seeming correction.<\/p>\n<p>The instability is likely to sink them big time as they go into the midterms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been reporting how there\u2019s been a big shake-up over the past few months at the White House, particularly in the communications area. One of the many changes was former<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1888639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[],"class_list":["post-1521943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"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\/1521943","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=1521943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1521943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1521943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1521943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}