The Washington Post has fired national political reporter Felicia Sonmez after a week of public infighting at the paper sparked by the reporter's continued criticism of her own colleagues.

The Daily Beast and CNN have both confirmed Sonmez's departure from the paper.

The workplace drama began on June 2 when Sonmez publicly took colleague Dave Weigel to task after he retweeted a joke from YouTuber Cam Harless that said "every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it's polar or sexual."

Sonmez posted a screenshot of the retweet, captioning it "fantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!"

Weigel deleted the retweet, and explained that he “did not mean to cause any harm." Nevertheless, the Post handed down a one-month unpaid suspension to punish Weigel for his retweet.

Post reporter Jose A. Del Real then waded into the controversy to criticize Somnez for continuing to tweet about Weigel and the paper even after it took action against Weigel. He accused her of public bullying and “clout chasing,” leading Sonmez to accuse Del Real of violating the paper’s social-media policy.

With the drama hitting a boiling point, Post executive editor Sally Buzbee sent an internal memo to staff saying, "we do not tolerate colleagues attacking colleagues either face to face or online."

The memo seemed to spark a flood of pro-Post tweets from its reporters, who used similar language to laud the paper’s “collegial” work environment.

Sonmez evidently took offense to her colleague’s tweets saying they were proud to work at the paper.

"The reporters who issued synchronized tweets this week downplaying the Post's workplace issues have a few things in common with each other," Sonmez wrote on Twitter on Thursday morning. "They are all white . . . They are among the highest-paid employees in the newsroom, making double and even triple what some other National desk reporters are making, particularly journalists of color . . . They are among the 'stars' who 'get away with murder' on social media."

Of course the Washington Post is a great workplace.

It is a great workplace *for them.*

The system is working *for them.*

What about for everyone else?

The General Assignment team? The Morning Mix team? The newsletter researchers? 11/ https://t.co/ZndIMq5RZe

— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) June 9, 2022

Sonmez sued the Post in June 2021, accusing her editors of discrimination after they banned her from covering the MeToo movement and allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh because of her activism and her openness about being a victim of sexual assault.

The suit was dismissed in March.