White House press secretary resigns after incident with reporter

Ducklo, 32 years old had been sanctioned last Friday with a week of suspension without pay, after threatening Tara Palmeri, journalist for the digital newspaper Politics that he was preparing a report on the relationship between the former public servant now and another columnist.

“I’m going to destroy you,” Ducklo told Palmeri, while making offensive and misogynistic expressions and accusing him of acting out of jealousy., according to various international media reported this Sunday.

“His behavior was totally unacceptable, he does not respect our standards or those of the president ”, explained the boss of Ducklo, the presidential spokeswoman Jen psaki, when reporting the suspension to the Under-Secretary.

After some critics who considered the light penalty, Ducklo tendered his resignation yesterday, in a decision adopted “with the support” of the White House chief of staff, Ron Klain, according to Psaki.

“We pledge to strive every day to meet the standards set by the President in terms of treating others with dignity and respect through our words and actions,” the spokesperson said.

January 20 Upon assuming the presidency, Joe Biden has warned that he will not tolerate disrespect in the treatment of his government staff.

“If you work with me and I hear you treating a coworker with contempt or talking enough to someone, I will fire you instantly; There is no but ”, then warned the president.