Abdullah Hasan, assistant press secretary and the first openly practicing Muslim to serve as a White House spokesperson, is leaving the Biden administration.Hasan, who served as the president’s lead spokesperson on issues related to climate, higher education, immigration, and oil and gas, will be starting law school at Georgetown University this fall. His last day will be Friday. “Being one of the first comes with a lot of responsibility,” Hasan said in an interview. “It’s also special in many ways.”“I’m very mindful that someone with a name, like Abdullah Hasan carries a stigma, and I’m often reminded of that stigma when I see certain reactions on Twitter or elsewhere with statements or tweets I put out under my name,” he added. “But it’s also a testament to the president and the first l...
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