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Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki is "not going to have a problem making plenty of money when she walks out that door," Sean Spicer told Insider.
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New York has hit plenty of hurdles already in its Covid-19 vaccination push, including the nor easter rolling in today that forced all appointments at state-run sites to be postponed. But
are white, even though they represent only 32 percent of the city’s population. On the other side, Black and Latino residents make up only 11 percent and 15 percent of vaccine recipients, respectively, compared to being 24 and 29 percent of the population.
Call it the insider administration.
The incoming Biden administration is shaping up to be a team of insiders filled with Washington household names.
Biden has picked Obama-era officials, members of Congress, and people from his inner circle for his White House, a move that indicates he is aiming for stability and expertise as he inherits a recession and public health crisis.
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This tactic to staff up the White House is the opposite of the drain-the-swamp movement from four years ago, which led to lobbyists scrambling to get to know the incoming Trump administration officials.
“We’re in a transition from an unorthodox administration to an orthodox administration in such a time of chaos with the pandemic and with the transition being somewhat challenged,” said Ivan Zapien, a longtime Democratic lobbyist.