{"id":613271,"date":"2021-08-05T16:20:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=613271"},"modified":"2021-08-05T16:20:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:20:36","slug":"report-democrats-hit-panic-button-over-kamalas-bad-press-call-in-damage-control-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-democrats-hit-panic-button-over-kamalas-bad-press-call-in-damage-control-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Democrats Hit Panic Button Over Kamala\u2019s Bad Press, Call In Damage Control Experts"},"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\">28<\/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-democrats-hit-panic-button-over-kamalas-bad-press-call-in-damage-control-experts%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=613271&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>Eight prominent female Democratic strategists reportedly met for dinner in July to discuss how they could best support a flailing Vice President Kamala Harris, who some worry could harm the party\u2019s chances in 2022 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The dinner was hosted by former Clinton adviser Kiki McLean and included former Obama White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri, former DNC chairwoman Donna Brazile and Obama campaign alum Stephanie Cutter, Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/kamala-harris-press-coverage-crisis-dinner-7139cfc7-754b-42aa-a411-95716273dbb0.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> Thursday. Harris\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/21\/poll-morning-consult-politico-kamala-harris-favorable-approval\/\">polling<\/a> is underwater following a series of gaffes and missteps, and former aides have alleged an abusive work environment. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/11\/kamala-harris-ridiculed-comment-rural-america-hard-time-voter-id\/\">(RELATED: Kamala Harris Ridiculed For Comment On Why Rural America Has A Hard Time With Voter ID)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with the dinner told Axios the strategists wanted to emphasize that Harris is being treated unfairly because of her race and gender.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7254161\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7254161\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7254161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/donna-brazile-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/donna-brazile-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/donna-brazile-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/donna-brazile-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/donna-brazile-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/donna-brazile-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/donna-brazile-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7254161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MARCH 19: Former Democratic National Committee chairperson Donna Brazile participates in a panel discussion about Women\u2019s History Month in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill March 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMany of us lived through the Clinton campaign, and want to help curb some of the gendered dynamics in press coverage that impacted HRC,\u201d the source said. \u201cIt was like, \u2018we\u2019ve seen this before.\u2019 It\u2019s subtle. But when things aren\u2019t going well for a male politician, we ask very different questions, and they\u2019re not held to account the way a woman leader is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019 favorability was five percentage points higher among men than women in a recent Morning Consult poll.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden has given Harris a high profile as vice president, and officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/administration\/\">refers<\/a> to his administration as the \u201cBiden-Harris\u201d administration. However, White House <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/biden-harris-white-house-mexico-immigration\/\">aides<\/a> were reportedly \u201cperplexed\u201d by her performance first foreign policy trip, during which she met with Central and South American presidents to discuss immigration issues.<\/p>\n<p>Harris handed out cookies bearing her likeness to passengers on Air Force 2 during the flight, and Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/harris-south-america-guatemala-trump\/\">criticized<\/a> the U.S. response to the migrant surge. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/harris-team-panicked-biden-immigration-border-mexico-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Kamala Harris\u2019 Team Reportedly Panicked After Biden Gave Her Immigration Assignment)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former staffers have also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/30\/kamala-harris-office-joe-biden-staff-politico-abusive-environment\/\">alleged<\/a> that Harris\u2019 office is mismanaged, and that senior aides are abusive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are thrown under the bus from the very top, there are short fuses and it\u2019s an abusive environment,\u201d a source with knowledge of office dynamics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/06\/30\/kamala-harris-office-dissent-497290\">told<\/a> Politico. \u201cIt\u2019s not a healthy environment and people often feel mistreated. It\u2019s not a place where people feel supported but a place where people feel treated like shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Top Harris aide Symone Sanders <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/02\/white-house-aides-defend-kamala-harris-against-turmoil-dysfunction\/\">pushed<\/a> back on the Politico report in remarks to Axios, which included interviews from 22 current and former administration officials and associates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not consternation among aides. That is not true,\u201d she told Axios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s delivering for the American people on immigration, small business, voting rights, and economic growth,\u201d White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain told Axios in a statement. \u201cThe results speak for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Should Biden not run for reelection in 2024, Harris would be the likely Democratic Party nominee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight prominent female Democratic strategists reportedly met for dinner in July to discuss how they could best support a flailing Vice President Kamala Harris, who some worry could harm the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613271","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\/613271","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613271\/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=613271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}