{"id":1579685,"date":"2022-07-29T18:02:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T22:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1579685"},"modified":"2022-07-29T18:02:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T22:02:41","slug":"wh-communications-director-pulls-an-about-face-says-shes-not-leaving-biden-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-communications-director-pulls-an-about-face-says-shes-not-leaving-biden-team\/","title":{"rendered":"WH Communications Director Pulls An About-Face, Says She\u2019s Not Leaving Biden Team"},"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%2Fwh-communications-director-pulls-an-about-face-says-shes-not-leaving-biden-team%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=1579685&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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/white-house\">White House<\/a> Communications Director Kate Bedingfield pulled a last-minute about-face, announcing that she will stay at her current post after she was scheduled to depart the White House Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Bedingfield made the announcement of her sudden change of plans in a note to colleagues Friday afternoon. She was originally scheduled to leave last Friday, but her departure was postponed for a week after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> tested positive for COVID. Bedingfield announced her intention to leave the White House earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News White House correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikememoli\/status\/1553097205011079168?s=20&#038;t=JGjwX5fCZhDRHZbb0mBGMg\">Mike Memoli<\/a> broke the story Friday. \u201cNEW: @WHCommsDir has agreed to remain in her post,\u201d Memoli tweeted. \u201c@POTUS and [White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain] both had asked her to stay on and she agreed. Original plan to depart last week was extended by a week when Biden tested positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Memoli said that Bedingfield would still follow through on August vacation plans she had already made, but she would remain on staff for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_59BF8BF8-8CB8-48D3-7760-4B7928EAB2DF\" data-act-id=\"paragraph_1\">\n<p>\u201cAfter much thought, discussion and reflection, I\u2019ve decided to stay,\u201d Bedingfield wrote in the note, which was obtained by Washington Post White House reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylerpager\/status\/1553102122195058693\/photo\/1\">Tyler Pager<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not done here and there is so much more good work to do with all of you. I couldn\u2019t be happier and more excited about this awesome \u2014 if admittedly last-minute! \u2014 development,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThe work is too important and too energizing and I have a lot of gas left in the tank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could not be more grateful to be a part of this team,\u201d Bedingfield added. \u201cIt\u2019s a once-in-a-lifetime crew in a once-in-a-lifetime moment, and I am so proud to be a part of it. You guys mean the world to me. So \u2014 I\u2019m excited that this isn\u2019t me sending you a sappy \u2018this is my last day\u2019 note \u2014 and so excited for all that is to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bedingfield confirmed the news on her official Twitter account. \u201cA massive thank you to everyone (every. one.) who endured listening to me wax on about how I regretted my decision to leave,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHCommsDir\/status\/1553111055198470150?s=20&#038;t=JGjwX5fCZhDRHZbb0mBGMg\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s so much more to do and I\u2019m so proud and grateful to be part of this team. Onward!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bedingfield previously announced her decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/07\/06\/kate-bedingfield-to-depart-the-white-house-after-over-3-years-leading-the-presidents-communications-operation\/\">leave<\/a> the White House Communications staff in early July, after serving as Biden\u2019s commuications director for more than 3 and a half years. Bedingfield was originally Biden\u2019s communications director during his time as vice president. She joined Biden\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign, serving as his comms director and deputy campaign manager. She kept that position when Biden took office, and played a key role in every public relations effort as head of the White House Communications Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout Kate Bedingfield\u2019s talent and tenacity, Donald Trump might still be in the White House, the Rescue Plan and the Infrastructure Law might still be unrealized goals, and Ketanji Brown Jackson might not be sitting on the Supreme Court,\u201d Klain said in the press release announcing her initial departure. \u201cShe has played a huge role in everything the President has achieved \u2014 from his second term as Vice President, through the campaign, and since coming to the White House. Her strategic acumen, intense devotion to the President\u2019s agenda, and fierce work on his behalf are unmatched.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield pulled a last-minute about-face, announcing that she will stay at her current post after she was scheduled to depart the White House Friday. Bedingfield made the announcement of her sudden change of plans in a note to colleagues Friday afternoon. She was originally scheduled to leave last Friday, but &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1542103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1579685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579685","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=1579685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1542103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1579685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1579685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1579685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}