Vice President Kamala Harris faced an exodus of staffers early in her tenure, with many alleging a toxic office environment, according to multiple sources.
In 2021 and 2022, Harris had numerous staffers leave her office, with Harris staffers alleging the work environment was rife with incompetence and toxicity, according to Politico in 2021. Now with Harris taking the reins of the former Biden Campaign, questions abound about whether or not the staffing problems will persist in the leadup to the election.
âPeople are thrown under the bus from the very top, there are short fuses and itâs an abusive environment,â a source with knowledge of the Harris office told Politico in 2021. âItâs not a healthy environment, and people often feel mistreated. Itâs not a place where people feel supported but a place where people feel treated like shit.â
The Biden campaign filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for their name to be changed to âHarris for president,â according to WMUR 9 ABC. The nearly $96 million raised by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) will be transferred to the new campaign, according to WMUR 9 ABC.
Gil Duran, a former Democratic strategist who worked with Harris during her tenure as attorney general of California, blamed Harris herself for the high turnover in her office.
âOne of the things weâve said in our little text groups among each other is what is the common denominator through all this and itâs her,â Duran told The Washington Post in 2021.
Tina Flournoy, Harrisâ chief of staff, was a popular target of complaints made about the office environment, with interviews of 22 former and current staffers saying that Flournoy allegedly shot down ideas hard and made slow decisions, refusing to take responsibility for âdelicate issuesâ and blaming staffers for negative results, according to Politico.
â is the most perceptive person on the planet,â a long-time aide told Politico. âShe might not have first-hand knowledge, but itâs hard to imagine she doesnât have a sense of whatâs going on.â
Former Harris spokesperson Symone Sanders in 2021 called people âcowardsâ who anonymously shared their experience in the office. She left the office that year, according to Politico.
Other high-profile staffers left the office in 2021, including former communications chief Ashley Etienne, director of speechwriting Meghan Groob and former domestic policy advisor Rohini Kosoglu, according to The Hill in 2022.
The office of the vice president did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundationâs request for comment.
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