The real reason Jen Psaki is stepping down at the end of the year
It was reported very early on that Jen Psaki was only willing to take the White House Press Secretary job on a short term basis. So it’s no surprise to see this new reporting that she may depart by the end of the year – but it’s still notable what she’s been able to accomplish.
President Biden presumably asked Jen Psaki to take a job she didn’t want, so that he could come out of the gate with a Press Secretary who had prior experience in the job and could thus put out fires instead of creating them. Which is exactly what she said.
It’s a credit to Psaki that she took the job on a short term basis out of pure duty to country. It’s also remarkable how quickly she’s managed to restore respect and dignity to a position that the former regime destroyed. It’s also a credit to Biden that he managed to talk her into it.
Presumably, the top candidates for her replacement will be Karine Jean Pierre and Symone Sanders, who were both reportedly in the running originally. They’ve both been working high level PR jobs in the Biden administration since January.
Right wingers and dummies will try to spin Jen Psaki’s fairly quick exit as a scandal, or evidence of an imaginary Biden administration collapse. But everyone outside of that bubble knows better. We’ve witnessed an amazing resurrection of the White House Press Secretary position.
