Political consultant Warren Kinsella will no longer be involved in the daily operations of Olivia Chow’s mayoral campaign, a week after writing controversial tweets attacking rival John Tory.

He “remains a volunteer and supporter but not involved day-to-day,” Chow’s spokesman, Jamey Heath, said in an email Thursday. It was a decision made by mutual agreement, he added.

Kinsella, who was leading Chow’s rapid response team, could not immediately be reached for comment, however, his partner Lisa Kirbie sent an email with comment Thursday night.

“Warren's decision to step back from Olivia Chow's campaign was his and his alone,” Kirbie said.

Late last year, before Chow signed up to run, Kinsella told the Star he would “absolutely” be part of her campaign team.

“I’ll be there,” Kinsella said last October. “The city, after having gone through what it’s gone through the last four years, needs somebody who is a healer quite frankly and somebody who can work with all sides of a divide.”

Kinsella is known for being a hardball political tactician. He was leading Chow’s rapid response team.

Last week, he apologized after suggesting on Twitter that mayoral candidate John Tory’s SmartTrack transit plan was “segregationist.”

Tory’s campaign accused Kinsella of making a racist smear.

Chow then played down Kinsella’s role in her campaign. “Mr. Kinsella is a volunteer. I can’t be more clear than that,” she said.

Tory said Chow’s response was inadequate by failing to accept responsibility for Kinsella’s words by minimizing him as something other than “a key operative of her campaign.”

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