White House apologizes to Asa Hutchinson after snarky DNC statement
A Biden adviser said no one at the Democratic National Committee would lose their job over the statement, chalking it up to a mistake made in a highly charged campaign season.
WASHINGTON — The White House took the unusual step Wednesday of apologizing to former Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson over a snarky news release President Joe Biden’s party sent out after he withdrew from the race.
Jeff Zients, the White House chief of staff, called Hutchinson, the former governor of Arkansas, in the morning to offer an apology over the Democratic National Committee’s one-sentence statement following his announcement Tuesday that he was ending his 2024 campaign after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses Monday night.
“This news comes as a shock to those of us who could’ve sworn he had already dropped out,” the DNC said in a statement released by national press secretary Sarafina Chitika.
Chitika did not respond to a request for comment about the release.
A Biden adviser said in an interview that nobody at the DNC would lose their jobs over the statement, chalking up the episode to a mistake made in a fast-moving, highly charged campaign season.
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