This IS a recurring theme ….
She’s had the problem with her staff in California as the Attorney General….
She’s had staff problems as a US Senator…
She’s had staff problems running for President….
She now has staff problems as Vice President….
This is NOT a good look….
She’s earning a bad rep…..
The handling of the border visit was the latest chaotic moment for a staff that’s quickly become mired in them. Harris’ team is experiencing low morale, porous lines of communication and diminished trust among aides and senior officials. Much of the frustration internally is directed at Tina Flournoy, Harris’ chief of staff, a veteran of Democratic politics who began working for her earlier this year.
In interviews, 22 current and former vice presidential aides, administration officials and associates of Harris and Biden described a tense and at times douroffice atmosphere. Aides and allies said Flournoy, in an apparent effort to protect Harris, has instead created an insular environment where ideas are ignored or met with harsh dismissals and decisions are dragged out. Often, they said, she refuses to take responsibility for delicate issues and blames staffers for the negative results that ensue….
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“People are thrown under the bus from the very top, there are short fuses and it’s an abusive environment,” said another person with direct knowledge of how Harris’ office is run. “It’s not a healthy environment and people often feel mistreated. It’s not a place where people feel supported but a place where people feel treated like s—.”
The dysfunction in the VP’s ranks threatens to complicate the White House’s carefully crafted image as a place staffed by a close-knit group of professionals working in concert to advance the president’s agenda. It’s pronounced enough that members of the president’s own team have taken notice and are concerned about the way Harris’ staffers are treated….
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But for some of the people who know Harris best, it’s become an all-too-familiar pattern for a politician who has churned through several iterations of staff on her rise and took office with a team almost entirely new to her.
Just six months in, some of those aides in the Office of the Vice President said they are eyeing other employment opportunities. Others have left already. In recent days, two top advance staffers, Karly Satkowiak and Gabrielle DeFranceschi, parted ways with Harris in what they and Harris officials said were long-planned departures, a point disputed by two other people familiar with the matter….
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What’s more concerning for people inside and out of Harris’ orbit is staunching the bleeding among frustrated staff and meaningfully improving the low morale in the office, which could cause damage to her relationship with Biden and his team….
Note…
As a mixed race woman Vice President?
She IS under the microscope….
But the same issues seem to be reoccurring……
Someone that might want to move up to President would need to take care of this….
And soon to beat down having this define you….
Question?
Does Biden’s people want to deal with this?
Or are they secretly happy with it in relation to 2024?
image….ABC News
Update on Harris staff thing…..
Seems that her chief of staff is who the others want gone…..
Top Kamala Harris Aide Creates Tension
“Tina Flournoy, the chief of staff for Vice President Kamala Harris, has established a reputation as a tough gatekeeper, using similar tactics to those she used while overseeing former President Bill Clinton’s post-White House office,” CNBC reports.
“Flournoy’s tight approach, which includes blocking longtime allies from contacting Harris, has led to both praise and criticism. It also has created tension within the vice president’s team and among her outside confidants and donors.”
More negatives on VP Harris and her staff….
Ex-Kamala Harris Staffers Describe Toxic Culture
Insider: “The news spread fast around the alumni network of Vice President Kamala Harris’ ex-staffers in California and Washington after a string of unflattering stories were published late last month.”
“Some of them said they were thrilled to have worked for a woman they — and many in the public — see as a brilliant politician and cultural icon… But others described Harris as unpredictable and at times demeaning to her staff over the years. She often hung up on her aides, berated them when she didn’t think they were prepared enough for briefings, and had a reputation for churning through interns and lower-level staff.”
Be careful. According to Scott, all criticism of Harris is racist.
james has definitely said far more negative things about Harris than I have on here.
I never said that and you know it.
I pointed out that Republicans didn’t attack the VP in the last Democratic administration as being somehow “other” but they sure are now.
I’d say that shows Republican politicians know their base.
They know what gets their crowds going in the age of Trump. He rose to leader of the GOP over questioning Obama’s birth certificate and if you can’t see that calling it “Kamala Harris America” while mispronouncing her first name isn’t just a continuation of that then you will NEVER get your party back.
If that’s something you even care about anymore.
I would say from some of Corey Ray’s more recent comments that it isn’t a case of “getting his party back,” it’s has become a situation of how fast he can join them.
I will say this obsession over whether a female politician regardless of party is a “bad boss” is a weird obsession.
With male politicians it’s sometimes portrayed negatively but also in terms of him being “tough” or “honest to a fault”.
You rarely hear of female politicians getting such passes.