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White House adviser Cedric Richmond confirmed Tuesday that he
will depart President Biden’s staff for a position at the
Democratic National Committee — shortly after reporting that he
called left-wing Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida
Tlaib “f—ing idiots.”
Richmond, 48, will serve in a vague DNC role boosting the
party’s efforts to avoid a wipeout in the midterm elections in
November. He and the White House described the transition as a
promotion.
Richmond, director of the White House Office of Public Liaison,
was one of the few relatively fresh faces among Biden’s senior
West Wing staff, which is dominated by longtime associates of
the 79-year-old president. He reportedly struggled to be
included.
It’s unclear if Richmond’s criticism of Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and
Tlaib (D-Mich.) had anything to do with the timing of his exit.
The former Louisiana congressman tore into the left-wing “Squad”
members after progressive activists slammed Biden for hiring him
despite his history of accepting campaign donations from fossil
fuel executives, according to excerpts from the book “This Will
Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future” by
New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns.
“I am thrilled that the president has entrusted me with helping
boost the robust work already being done at the DNC to make sure
that Democrats grow their majorities in the House and Senate,
and increase the number of Democratic governors in state
capitals around the country,” Richmond said.
DNC Chairman Jamie Harrison said “there are few people more
capable of helping us continue to build on our successes and
deliver our message as we head into the midterm elections” and
that Richmond’s transfer shows “the Democratic Party is all-in
and leaving nothing to chance.”
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (R-SC), an important Richmond
ally, said, “This is an exciting and important move – as we head
toward the midterms Cedric Richmond will make an already strong
team at the DNC, led by Jaime Harrison, even stronger.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday sought to head
off the perception that Richmond was being cast aside when a
reporter pressed her on Richmond’s recent remarks that he
planned to remain at the White House.
“The New York Times is reporting that Cedric Richmond is
leaving. Is he? And just last week, he said publicly that he
wouldn’t leave unless the president asked him to. So, has
something changed there?” the reporter asked.
“Cedric Richmond has been, continues to be a vital, essential
adviser to the president — was on the campaign, continues to be
in the White House. I have been in many meetings with Cedric
Richmond, where the president goes to him and looks to him for
his political sense, his assessment of Congress. He trusts him
implicitly,” Psaki replied.
“I have nothing to announce at this point, but I can assure you
when we have something to announce, it will involve a new
important role too — for Cedric Richmond and something the
president is excited about and has asked him to do.”
https://nypost.com/2022/04/26/biden-adviser-cedric-richmond-to- leave-white-house-for-dnc/
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