{"id":2306585,"date":"2024-07-23T08:48:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/92-percent-of-kamalas-staff-left-in-her-first-three-years-as-vp\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T08:55:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:55:52","slug":"92-percent-of-kamalas-staff-left-in-her-first-three-years-as-vp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/92-percent-of-kamalas-staff-left-in-her-first-three-years-as-vp\/","title":{"rendered":"92 Percent Of Kamala&#8217;s Staff Left In Her First Three Years As VP"},"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%2F92-percent-of-kamalas-staff-left-in-her-first-three-years-as-vp%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=2306585&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>Line to the presidency is operating \u200cbehind closed\u200d doors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-traumatized-ex-harris-staffers-terrified-at-thought-of-her-becoming-president\/\" title=\"Report: Traumatized Ex-Harris Staffers Terrified at Thought of Her Becoming President\">staff turnover rate<\/a> has raised concerns\u200c about her ability \u200cto lead effectively, especially as she \u2063may be stepping into \u200bthe role of president\u2062 sooner than expected. With less than 10%\u2063 of her original staff\u200c remaining after just\u200b over three years in\u2063 office, questions about stability and\u200b management\u2063 arise.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-defends-bidens-record-says-republicans-are-the-ones-soft-on-crime\/\" title=\"Eric Adams defends Biden&#039;s record, says Republicans are the ones soft on crime\">2024 election cycle heats<\/a> \u200bup, Harris will need \u200dto address these issues and demonstrate her ability\u200d to maintain a strong team \u200band\u200c transparent operation.\u200d OTB&rsquo;s findings shed light on\u2063 the challenges within Harris&rsquo; office and point to potential hurdles she may face in the coming\u2064 months.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/whitehouse\/52908049214\">Adam Schultz\/The White House\/Flickr<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/23\/92-percent-of-kamala-harris-staff-left-in-her-first-three-years-as-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=92%20Percent%20Of%20Kamala%20Harris%E2%80%99%20Staff%20Left%20In%20Her%20First%20Three%20Years%20As%20VP&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/23\/92-percent-of-kamala-harris-staff-left-in-her-first-three-years-as-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=92%20Percent%20Of%20Kamala%20Harris%E2%80%99%20Staff%20Left%20In%20Her%20First%20Three%20Years%20As%20VP&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/23\/92-percent-of-kamala-harris-staff-left-in-her-first-three-years-as-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/23\/92-percent-of-kamala-harris-staff-left-in-her-first-three-years-as-vp\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=92%20Percent%20Of%20Kamala%20Harris%E2%80%99%20Staff%20Left%20In%20Her%20First%20Three%20Years%20As%20VP&amp;body=Of%20the%2047%20staff%20members%20hired%20when%20Harris%20took%20office%20in%202021,%20only%20four%20reportedly%20remained%20in%20her%20employment%20as%20of%20March%202024.%C2%A0%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/23\/92-percent-of-kamala-harris-staff-left-in-her-first-three-years-as-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Kamala Harris&rsquo; office has had a staggering 91.5 percent turnover rate since she became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/GPO-CDOC-118sdoc11\/pdf\/GPO-CDOC-118sdoc11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigation<\/a> from government watchdog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openthebooks.com\/about-us\/\">organization<\/a> Open The Books (OTB) <a href=\"https:\/\/openthebooks.substack.com\/p\/vp-kamala-harris-had-92-percent-staff?publication_id=775254&amp;post_id=146655885&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=16xuj&amp;triedRedirect=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a> on Monday. Of the 47 staff members hired when Harris took office in 2021, only four reportedly remained in her employment as of March 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The report comes as Biden&rsquo;s X account announced he will &ldquo;stand down&rdquo; from his reelection campaign and &ldquo;fully support&rdquo; Harris as the new nominee. OTB utilized U.S. Senate disclosures to obtain records from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s office, including 2021 and 2024 payrolls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1e7131bf4476c1f80281f41b909ea909 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1e7131bf4476c1f80281f41b909ea909\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Chaos reigns on the vice president&rsquo;s staff,&rdquo; wrote OTB founder Adam Andrzejewski.&ldquo;Our auditors at OpenTheBooks quantified an extraordinarily high 91.5-percent staff turnover rate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openthebooks.com\/assets\/1\/6\/7.15_GPO-CDOC-117sdoc8.pdf\">Payrolls<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openthebooks.com\/assets\/1\/6\/7.15_GPO-CDOC-118sdoc11.pdf\">provide<\/a> further insight into the &ldquo;staff exodus&rdquo; in Harris&rsquo; office. As The Atlantic reported in October 2023, Harris&rsquo; communications director, national security adviser, chief of staff, and numerous aides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2023\/11\/kamala-harris-vice-presidency-2024-election-biden-age\/675439\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">left<\/a> within a year and a half of her taking office in January 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Furthermore, the turnover chaos isn&rsquo;t getting better. In the trailing 12-month period, 24 staffers left &mdash; that&rsquo;s almost half the employees,&rdquo; Andrzejewski wrote.<\/p>\n<p>OTB&rsquo;s investigation also revealed budget discrepancies and a lack of transparency from Harris&rsquo; office.&nbsp;As Andrzejewski said, &ldquo;Kamala Harris, Office of Vice President, is committed to the opacity of its payrolls and all other office information.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-74bc90aee2b441ccfb132b0ab88d6eb0 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-74bc90aee2b441ccfb132b0ab88d6eb0\"><\/div>\n<p>When OTB filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for Harris&rsquo; staff payroll in September 2021, a spokesman reportedly declined the request and claimed the vice president&rsquo;s office was not subject to FOIA. When OTB replied with a request for any transparency Harris&rsquo; office could provide, the spokesman said Harris did &ldquo;not have any information to share at this time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The VP&rsquo;s rejection makes her the least transparent elected office holder in the country,&rdquo; Andrzejewski wrote in a 2021 Forbes article detailing the interaction. &ldquo;Citizens ought to be concerned that the person next in line for the presidency is so unwilling to disclose how she spends their money.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>OTB&rsquo;s investigation also revealed an over $2 million discrepancy in Harris&rsquo; allocation of taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We calculated that for VP Harris&rsquo;s 28 staff listed in the Senate report, the 2021 salaries added up to $2,334,223,&rdquo; Andrzejewski wrote. But the vice president&rsquo;s office &ldquo;got $5 million for 23 full time staff in 2021 and requested over $6 million for 27 full time staff in 2022.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1795bf848e3fbb22fd59a61edd7191c8 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1795bf848e3fbb22fd59a61edd7191c8\"><\/div>\n<p>Harris&rsquo; office reportedly refused to answer any questions from OTB regarding this inconsistency. OTB says its analysis reflects the dysfunction widely reported in the corporate media, which he says have called Harris&rsquo; office a &ldquo;revolving door&rdquo; where there&rsquo;s been a &ldquo;&lsquo;staff exodus&rsquo; of key aides &lsquo;heading for the exits.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Staffers in Harris&rsquo; office have reported a toxic work environment since 2021, when The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/04\/kamala-harris-staff-departures\/\">spoke<\/a> with 18 individuals in Harris&rsquo; orbit. Descriptions ranged from &ldquo;uncomfortable&rdquo; to &ldquo;soul-destroying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the things we&rsquo;ve said in our little text groups among each other is what is the common denominator through all this and it&rsquo;s her,&rdquo; former Harris aide and Democrat strategist Gil Duran told the Post. Back in 2013, after just five months of working for Harris, he quit. &ldquo;Who are the next talented people you&rsquo;re going to bring in and burn through and then have [them] pretend they&rsquo;re retiring for positive reasons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Others said Harris blamed staff for her lack of preparation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s clear that you&rsquo;re not working with somebody who is willing to do the prep and the work,&rdquo; a former anonymous staffer told the Post. &ldquo;With Kamala you have to put up with a constant amount of soul-destroying criticism and also her own lack of confidence. So you&rsquo;re constantly sort of propping up a bully and it&rsquo;s not really clear why.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-56f8a4b9fa3583f7528178360a4fccb1 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-56f8a4b9fa3583f7528178360a4fccb1\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Monroe Harless is a summer intern at The Federalist. She is a recent graduate of the University of Georgia with degrees in journalism and political science.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Monroe Harless<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonroeHarless\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\" rel=\"noopener\">@MonroeHarless<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/monroeharless\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/democrat\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Democrat<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kamala\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">kamala<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/resign\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Resign<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/staff\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">staff<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/vice-president\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">vice president<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/vp-harris\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">VP Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">White House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Line to the presidency is operating \u200cbehind closed\u200d doors.&rdquo; Harris&rsquo; staff turnover rate has raised concerns\u200c about her ability \u200cto lead effectively, especially as she \u2063may be stepping into \u200bthe role of president\u2062 sooner than expected. With less than 10%\u2063 of her original staff\u200c remaining after just\u200b over three years in\u2063 office, questions about stability &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3175,"featured_media":2306586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Vice-President-Kamala-Harris-at-event.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4106,32438,5191,35869,32518],"class_list":["post-2306585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-administration","tag-kamala-harris","tag-leadership","tag-staff-turnover","tag-vice-president"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Vice-President-Kamala-Harris-at-event.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306585","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\/3175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2306585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2306586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2306585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2306585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2306585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}