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   White House counselor Steve Ricchetti said the issue with   
   progressives is 'they don’t understand that they lost'   
      
   A new book being published by a pair of New York Times reporters   
   writes that White House Office of Public Engagement director and   
   senior adviser Cedric Richmond referred to two prominent members   
   of "the Squad" as "f---ing idiots."   
      
   An excerpt of the new book, "This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden,   
   and the Battle for America's Future" by Alexander Burns and   
   Jonathan Martin, obtained by Fox News Digital writes that   
   Richmond, a former House member, made the comments about Reps.   
   Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., to   
   a friend.   
      
   According to the book, which will be released next Tuesday,   
   Richmond was the most vocal of President Biden’s advisers who   
   were preparing for a progressive party mutiny, blasted the   
   Democrats’ left wing for misreading the 2020 campaign results   
   and not having political savviness in a phone call to a   
   Louisiana ally after his appointment was announced.   
      
   JILL BIDEN’S ANGER AT HARRIS DETAILED IN NEW BOOK: ‘DO WE HAVE   
   TO CHOOSE THE ONE WHO ATTACKED JOE?’   
      
   Richmond had been targeted by the progressive activist group the   
   Sunrise Movement over his fossil fuel industry ties and was not   
   too happy with Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and the other "Squad"   
   members, going as far as to call them "f---ing idiots."   
      
   Counselor to the President Steve Ricchetti also had words for   
   "the Squad," albeit less harsh than Richmond, telling a Capitol   
   Hill Biden ally that the "problem with the left is they don’t   
   understand that they lost."   
      
   Ricchetti’s remarks came as progressives targeted both Democrats   
   and Republicans over the COVID stimulus bills, viewing them as   
   not giving enough money to citizens and criticizing the lack of   
   funds going to state governments.   
      
   The reporters’ new book also delves into first lady Jill Biden’s   
   frustration with Vice President Kamala Harris being tapped for   
   the position after attacking Biden in the 2019 Democratic   
   primary debates.   
      
   "'There are millions of people in the United States,' she began,   
   according to the book. "‘Why,’ she asked, ‘do we have to choose   
   the one who attacked Joe,'" the authors wrote of a conversation   
   Jill Biden had after she learned Harris became a leading   
   candidate to serve as Biden's running mate.   
      
   Several from Biden's inner circle, however, supported Harris on   
   the ticket. Ron Klain, now the White House chief of staff, had   
   been tasked with vetting vice presidential candidates and,   
   according to the book, told Biden early on that Harris was the   
   most qualified for the job as she had sought the presidency   
   herself.   
      
   The White House and the offices of Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez did   
   not respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-public-engagement-   
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