The reporter who was once berated by a former Biden aide argued that the ousted White House official deserves a second chance.
Politico reported this week that TJ Ducklo is “on the cusp” of joining President Biden’s newly-launched reelection campaign as a senior communications official. Ducklo was forced to resign as Biden’s deputy press secretary in February 2021 after he had threatened then-Politico reporter Tara Palmeri, who at the time was pursuing a story about the ethically-questionable romantic relationship he had formed with Axios reporter Alexi McCammond in 2020.
Palmeri, now a reporter for Puck, penned a piece Thursday that publicly buried the hatchet with the Biden ally.
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Former Biden aide TJ Ducklo is reportedly joining the reelection campaign after he was ousted from his White House role in 2021. (Fox News)
“The truth about Ducklo, with whom I had never interacted before the incident on the night of Biden’s inauguration, is that he was a very aggressive defender of the president, which naturally rubbed some reporters the wrong way,” Palmeri wrote. “Some thought he was demeaning, but nobody who approached me afterward said that he had ever crossed the line as he did with me. For what it’s worth, I never wanted Ducklo to be fired from the White House.”
Palmeri reflected that her dust-up with Ducklo could have been resolved if they “sat down together and a real apology was exchanged” rather than the two-sentenced email apology she received at the time. She also revealed she felt “shunned” by the Biden White House following the ordeal, specifically claiming top Biden advisor Anita Dunn called her editor accusing the reporter of breaking an off-the-record agreement icing the reporter out in the process.
“I won’t rehash the words that were exchanged after Ducklo called me, but since he was forced to resign from his dream job, we sat down…
