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TJ Ducklo has resigned (Original Post) servermsh Feb 2021 OP
It's about time. Should have been fired Raven123 Feb 2021 #1
Agree. cwydro Feb 2021 #51
Good. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #2
Bye, Felicia. Unacceptable. Do better. soothsayer Feb 2021 #3
Guy is fighting stage 4 cancer mcar Feb 2021 #21
If a Trump aide had a serious medical condition, would you excuse his behavior? brooklynite Feb 2021 #46
A Trump aide would not need a serious medical condition treestar Feb 2021 #49
I asked the same question in another thread. cwydro Feb 2021 #52
+1000! Nt USALiberal Feb 2021 #54
+1000, quite a double standard here! Nt USALiberal Feb 2021 #53
That took...checking watch...27 hours. CincyDem Feb 2021 #4
Lose lose BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #5
You don't fire someone withou doing the proper steps. Or you face legal action and hire back. SharonAnn Feb 2021 #44
The administration handled this well. LuvLoogie Feb 2021 #6
I wish he had handled this differently, Biden set a line in the sand and he crossed it. dem4decades Feb 2021 #7
He has stage four cancer from what I have read.. he will probably die, Peacetrain Feb 2021 #25
And he is only 32 treestar Feb 2021 #50
Well, there really was no other feasible outcome. scarletwoman Feb 2021 #8
Resigning was about the only door open. Kaleva Feb 2021 #40
No threatening anybody. Ever. So good. applegrove Feb 2021 #9
For the best. PufPuf23 Feb 2021 #10
Can someone post a link explaining what he did? questionseverything Feb 2021 #11
That's my request Deuxcents Feb 2021 #15
... demmiblue Feb 2021 #16
The actual story is in post #17 Budi Feb 2021 #20
Ty , I thought something was wrong questionseverything Feb 2021 #42
Not a surprise peggysue2 Feb 2021 #12
He wasn't trying to hide it questionseverything Feb 2021 #41
My mistake then peggysue2 Feb 2021 #43
Three weeks ago Biden said he would would fire anyone being disrespectful 'on the spot'. Autumn Feb 2021 #13
There are still labor laws. Even with "at will" employment. Being mean or insulting... JanMichael Feb 2021 #18
Maybe you missed what President Biden had to say Autumn Feb 2021 #23
Hyperbole is hardly unknown to Presidents. nt. JanMichael Feb 2021 #26
That's a damn low bar, sounds like the excuse the Pukes used to blow off Trumps insurrection. Autumn Feb 2021 #36
Post #33 said it better. nt JanMichael Feb 2021 #37
that's the problem with setting bright lines qazplm135 Feb 2021 #33
Technically it was not a colleague treestar Feb 2021 #38
He said everybody has to be treated with decency and dignity which he said had Autumn Feb 2021 #39
Some people pointed out his terminally ill condition. Blue_true Feb 2021 #27
Good (though I do wish him good health). n/t demmiblue Feb 2021 #14
Soo Olivia, & Lizzo of Politico are dating & Wait for it...IT'SALL BIDEN'S FAULT!! Budi Feb 2021 #17
+1 BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #19
Not as poorly as sleazy Lizzo. Budi Feb 2021 #24
Yeah, it's all gross. BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #29
Deadspin on Nuzzi and Lizza DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #30
Wt hell? Gross. Olivia the White Supremacist? Budi Feb 2021 #34
That reference is to Nuzzi's work interviewing DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #47
+1. Nuzzi worships Ann Coulter dalton99a Feb 2021 #45
Interesting you brought up Reade BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #32
It does seem so long ago. Probably since it was a big fat lie, also Budi Feb 2021 #35
FTR, it's Lizza as in pizza DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #48
What a horrid take mcar Feb 2021 #22
They aren't falling for it so much as they're running with it. Budi Feb 2021 #28
Yep mcar Feb 2021 #31
Sorry to see him go. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #55

brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
46. If a Trump aide had a serious medical condition, would you excuse his behavior?
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 01:30 AM
Feb 2021

I'm guessing not.

CincyDem

(6,363 posts)
4. That took...checking watch...27 hours.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:14 PM
Feb 2021

As joe said (in effect), if you treat people disrespectfully in my administration, I will fire you.

Who’s destroyed now TJ ?

BannonsLiver

(16,396 posts)
5. Lose lose
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:14 PM
Feb 2021

Nobody will give credit to Biden for fulfilling his pledge since the initial punishment was a suspension and the wokists on social media will still be laying down the sanctimony.

If I’m him though I’d rather spend my final days about as far away from American politics as possible. Hard to imagine a more dreary exit from this world than that serving as the backdrop.

LuvLoogie

(7,011 posts)
6. The administration handled this well.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:15 PM
Feb 2021

And I am inclined to believe that TJ Ducklo understands it is the right thing to do.

dem4decades

(11,297 posts)
7. I wish he had handled this differently, Biden set a line in the sand and he crossed it.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:15 PM
Feb 2021

Hopefully the are lessons learned.

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)
25. He has stage four cancer from what I have read.. he will probably die,
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 09:09 PM
Feb 2021

and needs his job for his health care and I am sure this played into decision making.. not giving him a pass for his behaviors, but as one who has survived cancer and extreme chemo it makes you a little crazy.. there are things I regret saying, but my brain was fried..

treestar

(82,383 posts)
50. And he is only 32
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 10:53 AM
Feb 2021

That's not an easy thing at all.

What he said was just silly, too, how was he going to ruin that reporter? It's like they are taking it literally.

And why is that reporter going on about his dating life? Is it really such an important matter?

PufPuf23

(8,791 posts)
10. For the best.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:19 PM
Feb 2021

Ducklo should have been rapidly and quietly shown the door after the initial report followed up by fact checking and a frank talk. Perhaps this is what happened in all the other hullabaloo in DC, just conclude the separation of Ducklo from Biden WH could not have occurred fast enough.

I have been impressed and very happy with Jen Psaki as Press Secretary. Every such position needs a strong and deep bench.

We need focus, unity, and no BS.

peggysue2

(10,832 posts)
12. Not a surprise
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:27 PM
Feb 2021

Joe Biden set the markers on Day 1: respect, transparency. Though I sympathize with someone so gravely ill; sometimes heavy-duty meds can set you off. Still, the man's remarks/threat couldn't be dismissed. All this to hide a ongoing relationship with another journalist. Too bad. From what I read before this brouhaha, he was a very effective communication/election guy for Biden.

Is what it is.

questionseverything

(9,656 posts)
41. He wasn't trying to hide it
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 11:42 PM
Feb 2021

Both of them had told their bosses

I am kind of astounded by how sensitive the press is after four years of sheepishly allowing trumps agents to shit all over them

peggysue2

(10,832 posts)
43. My mistake then
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 11:50 PM
Feb 2021

I understood both were keeping things quiet because of the opposing career dynamic, one invested in the political world, the other reporting on politics. If there was something else then I missed it.

Autumn

(45,107 posts)
13. Three weeks ago Biden said he would would fire anyone being disrespectful 'on the spot'.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:30 PM
Feb 2021

This man should not have been allowed to resign.

JanMichael

(24,890 posts)
18. There are still labor laws. Even with "at will" employment. Being mean or insulting...
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:55 PM
Feb 2021

...can result in HR actions but rarely "YOU'RE FIRED"! Like Trumps show.

He was suspended then quit. That's how some/most professional separations happen.

Autumn

(45,107 posts)
23. Maybe you missed what President Biden had to say
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 09:05 PM
Feb 2021
“I am not joking when I say this … if you ever work 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 ifs, ands, or buts,” he cautioned on the first day of his presidency.

He said everybody has to be treated with decency and dignity which he said had been “missing in a big way in last four years,” in an apparent reference to the turbulent years of Donald Trump’s presidency.




https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-fire-staff-spot-disrespect-colleagues-b1790476.html


qazplm135

(7,447 posts)
33. that's the problem with setting bright lines
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 09:19 PM
Feb 2021

there are always going to be exceptions. Stage IV cancer makes one rethink taking someone's job and healthcare away from them for a minute. Doesn't excuse what the guy did, but it underscores why "No ifs, ands or buts" is never a good idea when dealing with humans. There are always going to be exceptions and extenuating circumstances.

Autumn

(45,107 posts)
39. He said everybody has to be treated with decency and dignity which he said had
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 10:20 PM
Feb 2021

been “missing in a big way in last four years.

I take everybody to mean reporters also.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
27. Some people pointed out his terminally ill condition.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 09:13 PM
Feb 2021

Given that President Biden’s son Beau died of cancer after a fight, maybe staff under President Biden went soft on the guy. I can see that given how difficult the guy’s condition is. But your point is valid, I just believe that once people know the facts about the guy’s medical condition, they may understand why a fast trigger was not pulled on him.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
17. Soo Olivia, & Lizzo of Politico are dating & Wait for it...IT'SALL BIDEN'S FAULT!!
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:49 PM
Feb 2021



This Ryan Lizzo (who's never had a truthful good thing to say about Democrats OR Biden.

Aaahaaa...see where this shitshow comes from?
Figures🙄 enough said...




Sorry you got caught up in the shittiest journos in DC's line of fire TJ.
Take care of yourself & peace.
Your career is at least more admirable than the trash that dragged you.
********
Jan 2021 ~
Nashville native TJ Ducklo has been named as President-elect Joe Biden's deputy press secretary.

The Biden-Harris Transition team announced Ducklo's new role in a news release on Friday, which detailed roles in the new administration's communications, press, photo and digital strategy teams.

Ducklo currently serves as the spokesperson for the transition, and also worked as the Biden campaign's national press secretary.

“Speaking honestly, with empathy and directly to the public about our administration will be among the key pillars in this Presidency and White House," Biden said in the release. "At a time when American families are facing numerous challenges, these appointees will strengthen our administration’s ability to convey information to the American people and be integral in our team’s efforts to build our nation back better."

Ducklo, 32, has juggled the demands of the campaign and transition with treatment for stage 4 lung cancer.


TJ DUCKLO: Nashville native goes from student council president to Joe Biden's presidential campaign

Inside the Belmont Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden
In October, as he prepared for the second and final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, he was taking four pills twice a day to treat his cancer, which spread from his lungs to his bones, liver and gallbladder. The gene-targeted treatment, which sidesteps some of the harsher side effects of traditional chemotherapy, allowed him to stay on the campaign trail with his boss.

In phone interviews in October, Ducklo said there is no place he'd rather be.
The searing urgency of the Biden campaign pushed him past the fear, anxiety and uncertainty that comes with an advanced cancer diagnosis.

"It was part of how I dealt with it," Ducklo said. "I believed in the work I was doing, and I believed in the vice president. I wasn’t going to let being sick keep me from doing what I wanted to do."
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So as Lizzo slithered out from under his Firing from NY Magazine for a sex scandal, he rebuilt his creds by going to work for Politico & digging for a story he could redeem himself, via his girlfriend Olivia, and zeroed right in on scooping a damning report of all that's wrong with the Biden Admin.

Way to go Lizzo! Celebrate your success today.

TJ , in his short career as Student Council President, to the Biden/Harris campaign, to Deputy Press Sec for the President of the USA is more honorable & admirable than the low life scrub of dirty political 'gotcha' scandal scoops you call journalism.
You crawled over Ducklo, the guy with stage 4 cancer, to once again "Absolutely Prove" that the Biden admin was inept.

*Big F to You Olivia & your bff sleazy Lizzo.

BannonsLiver

(16,396 posts)
19. +1
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:56 PM
Feb 2021

Inside baseball DC press corps cocktail party circuit gossip of no relevance to anyone, though he handled it poorly.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
24. Not as poorly as sleazy Lizzo.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 09:08 PM
Feb 2021

He was looking for a dirt scoop on the Biden admin.
Ya know, since Lizzo's been selling the same mantra of "Biden's the SaMe as Trump" as those who hauled out the Tara Reade fiasco.

This is the circle of shitty journos that emerge from Politico.
Lizzo's redemption ~ from fired at NY Magazine for a sex scandal, to Politico.

"Hard hitting" and all..

He wasn't after TJ as much as he was out to manufacture a derrogatory scoop on the Biden Admin.
Which is what Lizzo has always done.

End of story.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
34. Wt hell? Gross. Olivia the White Supremacist?
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 09:22 PM
Feb 2021

SNIP from the link:

"If you haven’t heard, white-supremacist whisperer Olivia Nuzzi and guy who was fired from the New Yorker after a sexual misconduct investigation Ryan Lizza are a couple. Congrats to the sex-havers. While I’d usually try to avoid thinking about a woman my age being with a guy who is old enough to be her father, it was impossible when CNN’s Brian Stelter got a “SCOOP” like this:"

This is the world Lizzo & Olivia exist in.

Anyone think they gave 2 shits about dragging the guy dying of stage 4 cancer, to manufacture a dirt scoop on Biden/Harris Admin?

This is who reperesents POLITICO.




DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
47. That reference is to Nuzzi's work interviewing
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 04:17 AM
Feb 2021

and writing about white supremacists, not that she herself, presumably, is one.

BannonsLiver

(16,396 posts)
32. Interesting you brought up Reade
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 09:17 PM
Feb 2021

Talk about a blast from the past.

Remember when people here were sanctimoniously defending her? Seems like a lifetime ago

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
35. It does seem so long ago. Probably since it was a big fat lie, also
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 09:30 PM
Feb 2021

Just like this scandal manufactured against the Biden Admin.

Lizzo is in the running for the Rodger Stone Scandal Award of Manufactured bs Against a Democratic President.

Congrats Lizzo

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
28. They aren't falling for it so much as they're running with it.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 09:13 PM
Feb 2021

I believe Jen Psaki will deal with the Politico press reporters in her usual fair manner from here on.

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