{"id":1076782,"date":"2021-12-02T13:44:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076782"},"modified":"2021-12-02T13:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:44:27","slug":"report-kamala-harris-office-to-lose-two-more-key-staffers-in-growing-exodus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-kamala-harris-office-to-lose-two-more-key-staffers-in-growing-exodus\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Kamala Harris\u2019 Office To Lose Two More Key Staffers In Growing Exodus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Freport-kamala-harris-office-to-lose-two-more-key-staffers-in-growing-exodus%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=1076782&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>Two more staffers are reportedly joining a growing exodus out of Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 office less than a year into her tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Velz, Harris\u2019 director of press operations, and Vince Evans, the vice president\u2019s deputy director of the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, are expected to vacate their positions in the vice president\u2019s office soon for other positions in the Biden administration, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/01\/symone-sanders-senior-adviser-vice-president-harris-will-leave-post\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Velz and Evans\u2019 reported expected departures come just after Harris\u2019 chief spokeswoman, Symone Sanders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kamala-harris-chief-spokesperson-latest-staffer-to-leave-embattled-v-p\">announced<\/a> in a note to the Vice President\u2019s team that she was leaving her post by the end of the year. Sanders did not offer to stick around until her replacement is found and trained.<\/p>\n<p>\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,\u201d Sanders wrote in her farewell note to staff. \u201cEvery 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 added: \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>Communications director Ashley Etienne filed her resignation from Harris\u2019 team in mid-November. She is expected to leave later this month.<\/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>Harris\u2019 team has been wracked by dysfunction during her time in office, mirroring the upheaval that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/unacceptable-top-harris-aide-writes-scathing-resignation-letter\">plagued<\/a> her campaign for president. Harris has also suffered from increasingly poor public approval numbers in recent weeks. The White House has taken steps to publicly defend Harris amid news of her plummeting approval. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-rushes-to-defend-harris-amid-plummeting-poll-numbers-reports-of-discord\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>Amid numerous reports across even the mainstream media that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are at odds and the veep\u2019s aides are disgruntled, the White House is circling the wagons.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As report after report came out on Sunday, Press Secretary Jen Psaki took to Twitter to put the administration\u2019s spin on the saga.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor anyone who needs to hear it. @VP is not only a vital partner to @POTUS 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 Psaki wrote on Twitter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Psaki\u2019s tweet came after a CNN article on Sunday that suggested there was deep \u201cdysfunction\u201d within the vice president\u2019s office. Top Harris staffers jumped in, too.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt is unfortunate that after a productive trip to France in which we reaffirmed our relationship with America\u2019s oldest ally and demonstrated U.S. leadership on the world stage, and following passage of a historic, bipartisan infrastructure bill that will create jobs and strengthen our communities, some in the media are focused on gossip \u2014 not on the results that the President and Vice President have delivered,\u201d tweeted&nbsp;Symone Sanders, who serves as senior adviser and chief spokesperson for the vice president.<\/em><\/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>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two more staffers are reportedly joining a growing exodus out of Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 office less than a year into her tenure.Peter Velz, Harris\u2019 director of press operations, and Vince Evans, the vice president\u2019s deputy director of the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, are expected to vacate their positions in the vice president\u2019s office soon for other positions in the Biden administration, according to The Washington Post.Velz and Evans\u2019 reported expected departures come just after Harris\u2019 chief spokeswoman, Symone Sanders, announced in a note to the Vice President\u2019s team that she was leaving her post by the end of the year. Sanders did not offer to stick around until her replacement is found and trained.\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,\u201d Sanders wrote in her farewell note to staff. \u201cEvery 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 added: \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.\u201dCommunications director Ashley Etienne filed her resignation from Harris\u2019 team in mid-November. She is expected to leave later this month.\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.\u201dHarris\u2019 team has been wracked by dysfunction during her time in office, mirroring the upheaval that plagued her campaign for president. Harris has also suffered from increasingly poor public approval numbers in recent weeks. The White House has taken steps to publicly defend Harris amid news of her plummeting approval. As The Daily Wire reported:Amid numerous reports across even the mainstream media that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are at odds and the veep\u2019s aides are disgruntled, the White House is circling the wagons.As report after report came out on Sunday, Press Secretary Jen Psaki took to Twitter to put the administration\u2019s spin on the saga.\u201cFor anyone who needs to hear it. @VP is not only a vital partner to @POTUS 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 Psaki wrote on Twitter.Psaki\u2019s tweet came after a CNN article on Sunday that suggested there was deep \u201cdysfunction\u201d within the vice president\u2019s office. Top Harris staffers jumped in, too.\u201cIt is unfortunate that after a productive trip to France in which we reaffirmed our relationship with America\u2019s oldest ally and demonstrated U.S. leadership on the world stage, and following passage of a historic, bipartisan infrastructure bill that will create jobs and strengthen our communities, some in the media are focused on gossip \u2014 not on the results that the President and Vice President have delivered,\u201d tweeted\u00a0Symone Sanders, who serves as senior adviser and chief spokesperson for the vice president.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 member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"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-1076782","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\/1076782","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\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076782\/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=1076782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1076782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1076782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}