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Why is this story being leaked a week for a holiday weekend. Most know about her past/recent shennigans and temperament. Can't.really bury the lead with her. There's somekind of distraction or seeding planting going on here.
Longtime associates, friends and White House aides defended Tina Flournoy Thursday, after the chief of staff to Vice President Harris came under criticism for creating an insular environment in the vice president’s office that has caused departures, finger-pointing and a chaotic work environment.
Flournoy has a close working relationship with Harris and has helped her successfully navigate the early months of the vice presidency and manage a young staff that is mostly new to Harris, according to more than a dozen sources who talked to The Hill.
Question: "young staff that is mostly new" ... What happened to the old staff? It seems like they would have stayed with her as she climbed the ladder.
Thankfully the article answers the question.
Harris has a rocky history when it comes to her staff.
One former senior aide who worked for Harris in California described accepting a position with her optimistically despite hearing murmurs in political circles of her tough approach. But morale sank quickly when Harris, in the source’s estimation, would often shuffle off blame to staffers for being unprepared and disorganized.
“No organization, she didn’t really seem interested in doing the job, and it was everyone else’s fault,” the former senior aide said about Harris.
“There was a lot of picking on the staff,” the source continued. “I’ve never seen anything work like that.”
“My main concern was like, get me the f--- out of here.”
So we are continuing to build the profile of Harris.
I don't understand how she got this far. I understand how she got started... but how long ago was that? Well - she was in the California system for years. Simply amazing that she is where she is.
It's not as if she has not been in government before, and cannot seem to find the right staff for government jobs. Why didn't she just move her senate and DA staff into position? Oh, cuz they cannot stand her?
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain told Axios in a statement: "The President's trust and confidence in her is obvious when you see them in the Oval Office together." Biden senior adviser Cedric Richmond said in an interview late Thursday night: "It’s a whisper campaign designed to sabotage her."
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One Democratic operative tells Axios' Alayna Treene that most Democrats aren't saying, "'Oh, no, our heir apparent is f***ing up, what are we gonna do?’ It's more that people think, 'Oh, she’s f***ing up, maybe she shouldn't be the heir apparent.'"
Some Democrats close to the White House are increasingly concerned about Harris’s handling of high-profile issues and political tone deafness, and question her ability to maintain the coalition that Biden rode to the White House, sources tell Axios' Hans Nichols.
So then there's this in the Atlantic last month... a puff piece on Mayor Pete.
Here’s the winner of the 2020 Iowa caucus, living out his grand political plan to … how exactly would it work? Something like: He takes an inherently snoozer job as a low-ranking Cabinet official, spends a few years quietly kissing up to mostly forgettable members of Congress with talk about railroads and broadband, and going on TV to defend the administration. Along the way, he counts on Biden not to run again and Kamala Harris not to emerge as Biden’s natural heir. If everything comes together perfectly, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, becomes the first president since Herbert Hoover to have come out of the Cabinet.
Longtime associates, friends and White House aides defended Tina Flournoy Thursday, after the chief of staff to Vice President Harris came under criticism for creating an insular environment in the vice president’s office that has caused departures, finger-pointing and a chaotic work environment.
Flournoy has a close working relationship with Harris and has helped her successfully navigate the early months of the vice presidency and manage a young staff that is mostly new to Harris, according to more than a dozen sources who talked to The Hill.
Question: "young staff that is mostly new" ... What happened to the old staff? It seems like they would have stayed with her as she climbed the ladder.
Thankfully the article answers the question.
Harris has a rocky history when it comes to her staff.
One former senior aide who worked for Harris in California described accepting a position with her optimistically despite hearing murmurs in political circles of her tough approach. But morale sank quickly when Harris, in the source’s estimation, would often shuffle off blame to staffers for being unprepared and disorganized.
“No organization, she didn’t really seem interested in doing the job, and it was everyone else’s fault,” the former senior aide said about Harris.
“There was a lot of picking on the staff,” the source continued. “I’ve never seen anything work like that.”
“My main concern was like, get me the f--- out of here.”
So we are continuing to build the profile of Harris.
I don't understand how she got this far. I understand how she got started... but how long ago was that? Well - she was in the California system for years. Simply amazing that she is where she is.
You’re asking how she got to this position? Really?
Let’s see...she went to law school and became a bonafide attorney. She won elections to prosecutor and senate seats.
You actually have to get in the game and WIN those seats. You have to fund raise. You have to hire a staff. No one can GIVE you those jobs.
That’s how she got to where she is.
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Friends Defending Harris... But Why Can't She Keep A Staff?
but how long ago was that? Well - she was in the California system for years. Simply amazing that she is where she is.
