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Anonymous White House official admits Biden aides are 'tapped out' after a long few years as president faces a shakeup of staff before the midterms
Daily Mail ^ | 6/17/22 | Nikki Schwab

Posted on 06/17/2022 10:07:33 PM PDT by Libloather

White House aides are leaving the administration before the fall midterms as one top official said that many staffers are simply 'tapped out.'

The Hill Newspaper reported Thursday on the burnout being felt inside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., as President Joe Biden has had to deal with a pandemic, a war, rising inflation, a baby formula shortage, among other things, after 17 months in office, and for some staff, a year or more on the campaign trail.

'It's been a long few years,' the official told the Hill. 'The burnout is real. It might not be the ideal time to leave with everything going on, but it's the right time.'

The source explained it's better to get out in the early summer months before campaigning for the fall midterms begins in earnest.

'And then you're really locked in,' the official told the newspaper.

There have already been a handful of high-profile departures like White House press secretary Jen Psaki and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement Cedric Richmond, who moved over to the Democratic National Committee.

This week, White House counsel Dana Remus said she would be moving on next month.

She'll be replaced by her No. 2, Stuart Delery, who was the No. 3 at the Justice Department during the Obama administration.

A number of aides in the White House press shop left to go to other corners of the government around the time of Psaki's exit including Amanda Finney, Michael Gwin, Michael Kikukawa and Vedant Patel.

And there's going to be at least one high-profile addition.

Former Atlanta Mayor Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will join the West Wing, taking Richmond's place as a senior adviser for public engagement, Axios first reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: aides; biden; brandon; tapout
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Just thinking about the poor slob who has to keep the Depends 'emergency kit' prepared and always within arms length. Crap gets old.
1 posted on 06/17/2022 10:07:33 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

“Long” is right. Feels like Biden has been president for an eternity, but it’s only been seventeen months.


2 posted on 06/17/2022 10:08:43 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Libloather

Yes, destroying America as she was founded is long, arduous and tiring work. Time for some new blood on the eve of our destruction.


3 posted on 06/17/2022 10:14:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: Libloather

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A War?

All they did was ask for Billions upon Billions, and the Congress raced out to add more money and approve it.

The War is total BS.

They’ve had no hard questions on anything, really.

This doesn’t pass the smell test.


4 posted on 06/17/2022 10:18:31 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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To: Libloather

That’s total BS. They don’t do a thing. They don’t get asked, because everyone that asks is in on it. In on what? The destruction of Christianity in America, by each and every possible angle. The destruction of our currency, the destruction of our military, the destruction of our educational system, the destruction of our borders, the destruction of our laws, the destruction of our faith, the destruction of our fathers. What did I miss?


5 posted on 06/17/2022 10:24:02 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Blessed are the peace makers.)
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To: Trump20162020

Sorry boys and girls, but real life is not The West Wing where your liberal idiocies work out. In real life your policies are disasters. Welcome to real life. F’in imbeciles


6 posted on 06/17/2022 10:25:06 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Libloather
after a long few years

It only feels that way.

7 posted on 06/17/2022 10:26:11 PM PDT by Reeses
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To: Libloather; Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Destroying the country deliberately is hard work.


8 posted on 06/17/2022 10:27:02 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Libloather

Yeah, well of course. When poll after poll after poll shows near disdain for this President, the idiotic policies, etc., I’d ‘tap out’ too......kekw

81 million alleged voters.
Thank them.
Pray for them.
If you can find one these days......


9 posted on 06/17/2022 10:55:14 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Libloather

rats clambering to jump off a sinking ship. How utterly delightful.


10 posted on 06/17/2022 11:14:14 PM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed with the clot-shot, the more evidence I see supporting my decision.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Agreed, what war? Biden and Harris surrendered in Afghanistan and Iraq, and have stuck their noses in the Russian and Ukraine Civil War.


11 posted on 06/17/2022 11:52:35 PM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: Libloather
What "tapped out" really means is the aides who are leaving now are looking out for their political careers. They know what this administration is really like from the inside. They know what the public to Congress really thinks without the press running interference for them. They do not want their time with Biden becoming a resume stain.

What getting out before midterms hits the news cycle means for them, is that they will not be seen as abandoning Biden during the midterms. I expect some who are leaving now are going to lie low from politics until after the midterms and get back in the game for 2024.

12 posted on 06/17/2022 11:58:56 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: Libloather

Only useful idiots would ever want to work for such useful idiots who are in the White House right now and even they do not want to work for them.


13 posted on 06/18/2022 12:40:50 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Libloather

Because destroying America really can be very tiring.


14 posted on 06/18/2022 3:46:56 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: Libloather

“Long few years?” Well I am sure it feels that way for them.


15 posted on 06/18/2022 4:14:43 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: joma89

It will be a monumental task finding people more incompetent than the ones they’re going to replace.


16 posted on 06/18/2022 4:20:37 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Libloather
- ... thinking about the poor slob who has to keep the Depends 'emergency kit' prepared -

It could be worse for him. At least there's no shortage of Depends... yet. ;-)

17 posted on 06/18/2022 4:32:15 AM PDT by ken in texas
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To: upchuck

Rats jumping ship……. I they all fall into the rising ocean and drown.


18 posted on 06/18/2022 5:45:17 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: Dogbert41

——What did I miss?——

Well, I will argue that there is not really a “them”. Rather, there are radical issue cliques that are continuously vying for supremacy within the White House. The President is not capable of creating administrative unity because he simply has no leadership talent.

The result is the fact there is no coordinated policy. There is a series of disjointed and un connected efforts to pomote the various leftist agendas. The staff is tired of no results from the long hours of beating their heads against the wall

The president is however in charge.Biden knows only one way to solve problems...... throw money at it.


19 posted on 06/18/2022 6:00:48 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro-Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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To: Dogbert41

You missed GULAGS.


20 posted on 06/18/2022 7:17:59 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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