White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is on the way out - You're Fired?

During an interview with longtime Democratic operative David Axelrod on his CNN podcast, “The Axe Files,” Psaki said she plans to step down either later this year or early next year.

“I think it’s going to be time for somebody else to have this job, in a year from now or about a year from now,” Psaki said.

— Psaki defends Biden’s accessibility to the press corps while saying, of the times he spontaneously fields questions, “that is not something we recommend.” She says, “In fact, a lot of times we say ‘Don’t take questions,’ you know, but he’s going to do what he wants to do because he’s the president.”

— Psaki says, bluntly, “We’re never going to satisfy the White House press corps and their desires for access. And I think there have been mistakes made in the past of trying to do that.”

— Another candid comment: “We’re often asked, ‘Why doesn’t he go to the border?’ Important issue. We’re focused on it. What percentage of the public is focused on the border? A much smaller percentage than who’s focused on the pandemic and the economy. So that may be maddening, but, you know, that’s what we try to do.”