{"id":309208,"date":"2021-03-25T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=309208"},"modified":"2021-03-25T12:31:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:31:21","slug":"white-house-does-damage-control-after-firing-staffers-for-past-marijuana-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-does-damage-control-after-firing-staffers-for-past-marijuana-use\/","title":{"rendered":"White House does damage control after firing staffers for past marijuana use"},"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%2Fwhite-house-does-damage-control-after-firing-staffers-for-past-marijuana-use%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=309208&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 id=\"attachment_2391700\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2391700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this March 18, 2021 photo, the White House is shown in Washington. Five White House staffers have been fired because of their past use of drugs, including marijuana. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday \u201cthere were additional factors at play in many instances for the small number of individuals who were terminated.\u201d (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:21 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, March 25, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The White House is in damage control mode after national outcry has grown following the dismissal, suspension and replacement of dozens of staffers due to alleged marijuana use. Press Secretary Jenn Psaki has been desperately trying to find any way to justify the executive branch\u2019s rationale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell let me first say, what we try to do as an administration was work with the security service who actually makes these determinations about suitability for serving in government,\u201d she stated during a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?510138-1\/white-house-press-secretary-jen-psaki-holds-daily-briefing\">press conference<\/a>. \u201cSo that isn\u2019t about anyone\u2019s personal point of view, it\u2019s about the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The stance has left the White House Press Corps confounded as staffers were reportedly told their past use would not be disqualifying with regards to their employment.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the White House has thoroughly silenced reports detailing the personal opinions of any remaining staffers, but one high ranking employee has been vocal and unapologetic about her past use.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2019 interview, Kamala Harris admitted she has, in fact, smoked marijuana <span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">recreationally<\/span><\/span>. Harris has been a firm believer in the legalization of marijuana and has said that its criminalization has had a disproportionate affect on the incarceration of men of color.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2391701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2391701\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2391701 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3423.jpeg\" alt=\"Vice President Kamala Harris convenes a roundtable discussion on Equal Pay Day with women leaders of advocacy organizations at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3423.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3424.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3425.jpeg 655w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3426.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2391701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice President Kamala Harris convenes a roundtable discussion on Equal Pay Day with women leaders of advocacy organizations at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>During her career as a San Francisco prosecutor, however, Harris was the one leading the charge to lock up those \u201cyoung men\u201d for crimes involving marijuana. This fact was pointed out by former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana,\u201d Gabbard stated.<\/p>\n<p>Kellyanne Conway, a&nbsp; former counselor to President Trump, has also commented on Harris\u2019 double standard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s in a tough position on law and order and public safety because you\u2019re saying she was a prosecutor,\u201d Conway noted. \u201cShe called herself the top cop\u2026she put people away for marijuana use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris has yet to comment on the official White House drug use policy or confirm whether or not she believes it applies to her.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gop-pushes-back-against-democrat-led-gun-control-efforts\/\"> GOP pushes back against Democrat-led gun control efforts<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this March 18, 2021 photo, the White House is shown in Washington. Five White House staffers have been fired because of their past use of drugs, including marijuana. White &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311129,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3423.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"White House does damage control after firing staffers for past marijuana use","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3423.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"White House does damage control after firing staffers for past marijuana use","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309208","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=309208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}