It’s a fate that has befallen a handful of others President Joe Biden has selected to staff his administration. An announcement of a nominee precedes a wave of criticism, eroding whatever support the individual enjoyed inside the White House.

Jankowicz, like others before her, stepped down when the pressure of bad publicity became too big a distraction.

Others enduring a potentially bruising Senate confirmation process have withdrawn because they could not persuade enough senators to back their nomination, often because a parade of bad headlines began to scare off centrist Democrats.