Jen Psaki to Exit as White House Spokesperson for MSNBC Gig Next Month

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Wrap

Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary since before the inauguration of Joe Biden, will leave her post and is in talks to join MSNBC in May, according to multiple media reports.

Axios, which cites a source close to the matter, first reported the news Friday, and TheHill, citing two sources familiar with the deal, confirmed it. Psaki's departure has been speculated about for weeks.

Fox News White House reporter Peter Doocy, a regular gadfly for Psaki's tenure at the podium, asked at a briefing last month whether she was seeking a job at CNN or MSNBC. She replied: "I have more than enough on my plate here. So … you can't get rid of quite yet. Sorry, Peter, for you on that."

MSNBC did not immediately respond to messages seeking commment. The White House had not addressed comment requests from Axios or TheHill.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/jen-psaki-to-exit-as-white-house-spokesperson-for-msnbc-gig-next-month/ar-AAVLdcf

[LakeArenal]

1. 😱😨😭😭🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I honestly think she’s irreplaceable.

[forgotmylogin]

7. Press Secretary is a high-stress gig.

Maybe not for TFG since they averaged like one conference very 6 months, but Psaki is on point nearly every day and has shown us how it's done. She definitely deserves to use her accumulated karma to step up to a new role of her choosing.

I'd suspect Psaki knows she's good, and hopefully has been involved with choosing and training her replacement.

[LakeArenal]

9. I didn't say she shouldn't go. I said I think she's irreplaceable.

My only problem is I get no MSNBC where I am.

[forgotmylogin]

10. Definitely, irreplaceable is right!

That's why I'd hope she is involved choosing whomever comes next!

I often see the best Maddow clips in the video section here on DU and often on YouTube, so if she ends up replacing (the also irreplaceable) Maddow, hopefully you'll have access to the highlights!

[AlexSFCA]

2. we're screwed

[ificandream]

3. I hope she changes her mind

I agree she’s irreplaceable.

[Rhiannon12866]

23. I completely agree, she really is the best ever.

And we really need her, these days, to deal with these marginal "news" organizations.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. That must be a job that can burn you out, especially at her job performance levels

She taught PR how to handle the crap the media can throw at you. She put words to our policies and ideology. She will be missed, but sometimes you leave a job at peak performance because there are better opps, and no further upside is available. She is the trooper of troopers, the voice that saved America, the very best of the best.

[chowder66]

5. I'm sure she will be excellent at MSNBC as well.

[Rebl2]

18. I hope

it’s an actual show and not just someone who comes on occasionally to give her opinion.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. She will be sorely sorely sorely missed

She is literally one of a kind and was in that position at the right time given what happened January 6th, and being in an era of loons that call themselves "news media".

She got that bar set so high that few other than her can go over it with such ease!

[barbaraann]

8. She's fantastic but this is why people who could fight mainstream media journalism-lite can't or

don't fight for real journalism. It's their future bread and butter.

[Brainstormy]

11. will never be another like her.

and there's never been one as awesome as she's been.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

12. That sucks.

She is perfect for the role she has been doing.

[lillypaddle]

13. Do you think she'll replace Rachel's spot?

I don't know what's going on with that time period. I haven't been exactly engaged lately, just have reached a saturation point with death and hungry children.

[Rebl2]

19. I would

doubt it since she has young kids, but that’s just my thought.

[lillypaddle]

21. I believe Stephanie Ruhle has young children as well

and she's taking the 11:00 pm hour.

[Totally Tunsie]

22. According to reports on Yahoo and MSN,

Jen would not be taking Rachel's spot.

https://news.yahoo.com/jen-psaki-planning-leave-white-140058492.html

Psaki will host a show for MSNBC on NBCUniversal's streaming platform, Peacock.

She will also be a part of live programming on MSNBC's cable network as a voice on different shows, but she will not be hosting the 9 p.m. hour replacing Rachel Maddow, which has been speculated.

Sadly.

So much of the reporting on this has made it sound like a done deal but if one reads carefully, they all go on to say she is "in talks with MSNBC". Hope they don't put the jinx on the deal - nothing's signed yet.

[lillypaddle]

25. Too bad

I think Jen is one of the few (only?) people who could fill Rachel's shoes.

Thanks for the info.

[Midwestern Democrat]

30. This makes sense - Rachel's spot is MSNBC's flagship primetime hour - they're not going to name a

relative TV novice as the host of that show - they're going to see how she does hosting a show on Peacock (the "minor league" of NBC/MSNBC) and how she does as a contributor on MSNBC shows before they give her any weekday show on MSNBC (much less the flagship show). This is better for her anyway - better to learn how to host a show on Peacock than trying to do that on the big stage.

[Totally Tunsie]

31. Agreed.

[underpants]

14. That's a tough job.

Especially if you are good at it and she is incredible.

[twodogsbarking]

16. I wish her the best and thanks.

[Crowman2009]

17. I was hoping she would replace Chuck Tool on Meet The Press.

Who knows, this may happen eventually.

[Rebl2]

20. How about

put her on during the day instead of the MTP daily or the Mitchell hour. They did just get rid of Craig Melvin yesterday (he’s still on Today show). Didn’t realize he had been on MSNBC 10 years.

[Frustratedlady]

24. Even Repukes couldn't argue about how good Psaki is/was...

All you have to do is remember Kayleigh McEnany

Just thinking of her name gave me a headache. What a dork she was.

[Polybius]

28. Ha, so true!

The only positive thing that Kayleigh had going for her was looks.

[tavernier]

32. Or Quasimodo with one eyebrow

OK OK, physical shaming is not nice. But the lies that came out of her mouth were so horrible that I don’t have enough words to shame that indecency.

[usaf-vet]

26. That will be a serious loss to the nation. She is the best press secretary to ever have the job.

But the good news is Doocy's daily sideshow will be a thing of the past.

Hopefully, the new press secretary will simply ignore the twit!

[Sgent]

27. I understand wanting to get paid

but her move will be a loss to the nation.

I wish her luck wherever she goes, she has been the best press secretary in a generation at least.

[FakeNoose]

29. She came into the job for only one year

Jen Psaki was never intending to stay as White House Press Sec. for longer than one year. Yes she is great and wonderful, but Biden has known all along that they would need to replace her. I'm sure they have a plan for this already.

I don't blame her - she has a hubby and 2 small kids at home. This high stress job isn't worth it.