{"id":1028311,"date":"2021-11-18T16:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1028311"},"modified":"2021-11-18T16:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:58:41","slug":"top-kamala-harris-aide-announces-resignation-as-vp-publicly-walks-back-reports-of-infighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-kamala-harris-aide-announces-resignation-as-vp-publicly-walks-back-reports-of-infighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Kamala Harris Aide Announces Resignation as VP Publicly Walks Back Reports of Infighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/51538913502_23ff41a078_o-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 communications director \u2014 Ashley Etienne \u2014 will leave her post in December to \u201cpursue other opportunities\u201d amid&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/15\/white-house-scrambles-to-support-kamala-harris-after-damaging-cnn-report\/\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;of White House infighting and Harris struggling to find her footing.<\/p>\n<p>The news was first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2021\/11\/ashley-etienne-kamala-harris-white-house\"><em>Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a> on Thursday and later confirmed by CBS News and Bloomberg News.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0954773869347\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: A WH official confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a> Kamala Harris\u2019 Comms Director Ashley Etienne will be leaving her office in December to \u201cpursue other opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Perry (@tperry518) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tperry518\/status\/1461442240283353094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>News of Etienne\u2019s departure follows a CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/14\/trouble-paradise-joe-biden-kamala-harris-sour-each-other\/\">report<\/a> in which it was revealed that the relationship between Harris and President Joe Biden has begun to fracture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorn out by what they see as&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/02\/politics\/kamala-harris-office-dynamics\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">entrenched<\/a>&nbsp;dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/28\/us\/kamala-harris-fast-facts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">thrown<\/a>&nbsp;up their hands at&nbsp;Vice President Kamala Harris&nbsp;and her staff \u2014 deciding there simply isn\u2019t time to deal with them right now,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/14\/politics\/kamala-harris-frustrating-start-vice-president\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMany in the vice president\u2019s circle fume that she\u2019s not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined,\u201d the establishment media outlet added. \u201cThe vice president herself has told several confidants she feels constrained in what she\u2019s able to do politically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the CNN report broke, top Biden officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/15\/white-house-scrambles-to-support-kamala-harris-after-damaging-cnn-report\/\">scrambled<\/a> to swat down the reporting with a full-throated defence of Harris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor anyone who needs to hear it, the Vice President is not only a vital partner to the president but a bold leader who has taken on key, important challenges facing the country \u2014 from voting rights to addressing root causes of migration to expanding broadband,\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday,&nbsp;Harris personally weighed in on reports about her performance, stating that she does not feel \u201cmisused or underused\u201d by the president and is proud of what the pair have accomplished thus far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very, very excited about the work that we have accomplished, but I am also absolutely, absolutely clear-eyed that there is a lot more to do, and we are going to get it done,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/11\/18\/kamala-harris-doesnt-feel-misused-or-underused-in-biden-admin-very-excited-about-the-work-that-we-have-accomplished\/\">told<\/a> ABC News\u2019 <em>Good Morning America<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 communications director \u2014 Ashley Etienne \u2014 will leave her post in December to \u201cpursue other opportunities\u201d amid\u00a0reports\u00a0of White House infighting and Harris struggling to find her 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