Politico Editor on Ducklo: Biden ‘Set a High Bar’ for Staffers and ‘They Will Be Held to It’

White House spokesman TJ Ducklo resigned Saturday after news that he threatened a Politico reporter came out.

By now you’ve probably heard about how Ducklo threatened Tara Palmeri for working on a report about his relationship with Axios reporter Alexi McCammond. The Biden administration only announced his one-week suspension after the initial Vanity Fair report broke, but on Saturday — following questions about whether that suspension is really sufficient given his behavior — Ducklo resigned.

Politico editor Carrie Budoff Brown spoke with CNN’s Brian Stelter on Sunday and said, “I expect my reporters to behave professionally. And in return, we expect the same of the people we cover, but particularly public officials who are paid by taxpayers.”

Brown noted President Joe Biden’s day-one pledge to staffers that they would be fired “on the spot” if they treated colleagues with disrespect.

“The president set a high bar. And I think what this shows is that they will be held to it,” she continued. “I think we can all expect and hope that professionalism is what happens when reporters are doing their jobs and ask the people they cover to expect the same in return. And in type of language obviously has no place in our work, Brian.”

At one point Stelter asked how Brown would respond to criticism that “this is a non-story” and that Biden’s being held to “a way higher standard than Trump.”

Brown again noted Biden’s the one who set a high standard himself.

She also added that this disturbing incident has highlighted the nasty treatment women in the press have received for many, many years.

You can watch above, via CNN.