- The Washington Times - Tuesday, January 23, 2024

President Biden has shaken up the leadership of his reelection campaign, sending a top White House aide to take over operations, according to a report.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that Mr. Biden has dispatched Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, his deputy chief of staff at the White House, to campaign headquarters in Delaware. She was his campaign manager in 2020.

The move comes on the same day that former President Donald Trump hopes to solidify his march to the GOP nomination in New Hampshire’s primary. 

Julie Chavez Rodríguez has been serving as the Biden-Harris campaign manager since last spring. But amid the president’s low approval ratings and dissatisfaction among Democrats, there have been complaints that the campaign operation is not empowered to make decisions.

Mr. Biden, at 81, is the nation’s oldest president, and polls have shown that many Democrats want a different nominee this year.

Jennifer Palmieri, who served as a top aide in the Obama White House, said it’s “not really a ’shakeup’ when a longtime Biden aide leaves the WH to be part of campaign.”

“It’s kind of standard for a senior person to leave the WH and join campaign as an advisor,” she wrote on X. 

The Biden campaign had no immediate comment. 

• Dave Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

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