{"id":1076092,"date":"2021-12-02T10:15:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076092"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:15:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:15:05","slug":"kamala-harris-chief-spokesperson-latest-staffer-to-leave-embattled-v-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-chief-spokesperson-latest-staffer-to-leave-embattled-v-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris\u2019 Chief Spokesperson Latest Staffer To Leave Embattled V.P."},"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\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-chief-spokesperson-latest-staffer-to-leave-embattled-v-p%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076092&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Another high-ranking member of Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 staff is ditching the embattled politician, the second in the last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSymone Sanders, the senior adviser and chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris, is expected to leave the White House at the end of the year, according to five administration officials familiar with the matter,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/01\/symone-sanders-vice-president-office-523660\">Politico<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Sander issued a note on Wednesday night to Harris\u2019 staff, writing, \u201cI\u2019m so grateful to the VP for her vote of confidence from the very beginning and the opportunity to see what can be unburdened by what has been. I\u2019m grateful for [Harris chief of staff] Tina [Flournoy] and her leadership and her confidence as well. Every day, I arrived to the White House complex knowing our work made a tangible difference for Americans. I am immensely grateful and will miss working for her and with all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flournoy echoed to the staff, \u201cSymone told the VP a couple months ago that she\u2019d be leaving us at the end of the year. I\u2019ve often said about her that no job is too big or too small for Symone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarris\u2019 office has been beset by disorder, bad press, and, at times, internal frictions,\u201d Politico reported, adding, \u201c \u2026 in recent weeks, chatter has grown increasingly loud that Harris wasn\u2019t positioned well to be Biden\u2019s heir apparent in 2028 or, if he opts not to run again, in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In mid-November, Harris\u2019 communications director, Ashley Etienne resigned. &nbsp;The Washington Examiner&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/kamala-harris-communications-director-resigns-amid-decline-in-approval-ratings\">reported<\/a> on November 18, \u201cEtienne\u2019s last day will be next month as the office opens for a new official to take the role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAshley is a valued member of the vice president\u2019s team, who has worked tirelessly to advance the goals of this administration,\u201d a White House Official stated, \u201cShe is leaving the office in December to pursue other opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A USA Today\/Suffolk University poll in November showed Harris with a 28% approval rating. &nbsp;In mid-November, Politico editor Anita Kumar <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/jen-psaki-laughs-over-kamala-harris-abysmal-approval-rating-its-not-a-secret-weve-seen-some-drop\/\">noted Harris\u2019 sagging popularity<\/a>, saying to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, \u201cBut her approval ratings are low. I mean, is that, do you think that\u2019s spreading to the American people when they, when they answer some of these polls and have an opinion about her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki answered, \u201cLook, I think we\u2019ve seen, it\u2019s not a secret, Anita, we\u2019ve seen some drop in approval ratings. Um, you know, across the board. I will say that we also have to be, and we are very sober about, the fact that, um, there are some challenges, real challenges people are going through in this country.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if she blamed sexism and racism for criticism of Harris, Psaki&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/18\/jen-psaki-say-racism-sexism-root-of-kamala-harris-criticism\/\">answered<\/a>, \u201cYes. Criticism from the outside, absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think that it has been easier, and harsher, from some in the right wing who have gone after her because she is the first woman, the first woman of color,\u201d she added. \u201cI\u2019m not suggesting anyone will acknowledge that publicly, but I think there\u2019s no question that the type of attacks \u2014 the attacks on her that certainly, being the first she is many times over, is part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another high-ranking member of Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 staff is ditching the embattled politician, the second in the last month.\u201cSymone Sanders, the senior adviser and chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris, is expected to leave the White House at the end of the year, according to five administration officials familiar with the matter,\u201d Politico reported.Sander issued a note on Wednesday night to Harris\u2019 staff, writing, \u201cI\u2019m so grateful to the VP for her vote of confidence from the very beginning and the opportunity to see what can be unburdened by what has been. I\u2019m grateful for [Harris chief of staff] Tina [Flournoy] and her leadership and her confidence as well. Every day, I arrived to the White House complex knowing our work made a tangible difference for Americans. I am immensely grateful and will miss working for her and with all of you.\u201dFlournoy echoed to the staff, \u201cSymone told the VP a couple months ago that she\u2019d be leaving us at the end of the year. I\u2019ve often said about her that no job is too big or too small for Symone.\u201d\u201cHarris\u2019 office has been beset by disorder, bad press, and, at times, internal frictions,\u201d Politico reported, adding, \u201c \u2026 in recent weeks, chatter has grown increasingly loud that Harris wasn\u2019t positioned well to be Biden\u2019s heir apparent in 2028 or, if he opts not to run again, in 2024.\u201dIn mid-November, Harris\u2019 communications director, Ashley Etienne resigned. \u00a0The Washington Examiner\u00a0reported on November 18, \u201cEtienne\u2019s last day will be next month as the office opens for a new official to take the role.\u201d\u201cAshley is a valued member of the vice president\u2019s team, who has worked tirelessly to advance the goals of this administration,\u201d a White House Official stated, \u201cShe is leaving the office in December to pursue other opportunities.\u201dA USA Today\/Suffolk University poll in November showed Harris with a 28% approval rating. \u00a0In mid-November, Politico editor Anita Kumar noted Harris\u2019 sagging popularity, saying to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, \u201cBut her approval ratings are low. I mean, is that, do you think that\u2019s spreading to the American people when they, when they answer some of these polls and have an opinion about her?\u201dPsaki answered, \u201cLook, I think we\u2019ve seen, it\u2019s not a secret, Anita, we\u2019ve seen some drop in approval ratings. Um, you know, across the board. I will say that we also have to be, and we are very sober about, the fact that, um, there are some challenges, real challenges people are going through in this country.Asked if she blamed sexism and racism for criticism of Harris, Psaki\u00a0answered, \u201cYes. Criticism from the outside, absolutely.\u201d\u201cI do think that it has been easier, and harsher, from some in the right wing who have gone after her because she is the first woman, the first woman of color,\u201d she added. \u201cI\u2019m not suggesting anyone will acknowledge that publicly, but I think there\u2019s no question that the type of attacks \u2014 the attacks on her that certainly, being the first she is many times over, is part of that.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1076092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1076092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1076092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}