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White House goes into damage control mode after reports of dysfunction in Kamala Harris' office [reported by CNN!]
CNN ^ | 11/15/2021 | Jasmine Wright, Jeremy Diamond and Arlette Saenz

Posted on 11/15/2021 1:13:43 PM PST by simpson96

he White House dove into damage control this week after reports of dysfunction and infighting in Vice President Kamala Harris' office, with the administration trying to stop a drama-filled narrative from taking hold, according to five people who spoke to CNN about the dynamics within Harris' office.

Two people close to Harris' team said some individuals inside the vice president's office are frustrated with what they see as a dysfunctional operation that has been at times waylaid by internal conflict. Some of that ire is directed squarely at Harris' chief of staff, Tina Flournoy, those people said. Another source close to the staff said there were "challenges and struggles" and heard complaints about Flournoy from staff, but denied it amounted to dysfunction or that the tensions were directly Flournoy's fault.

Sabrina Singh, deputy press secretary to the vice president, told CNN in a statement that Harris' focus remains on her work.

"The Vice President and her office are focused on the Biden-Harris Administration's agenda to build an economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down, to making sure racial equity is at the core of everything the Administration does, to combatting the existential threat of climate change, and to continue protecting the American people from the Covid-19 pandemic," Singh said.

And White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday said, "I will say that the vice president is an incredibly important partner to the President of the United States. She has a challenging job, a hard job, and she has a great supportive team of people around her. But other than that, I'm not going to have any more comments on those reports."

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KEYWORDS: brainlessjoebiden; california; delaware; demagogicparty; indiana; kamala; kamalaharris; petebuttigieg; scotus; whitehouse
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FTA: On Friday, Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain, a longtime friend of Flournoy, said in a statement to CNN: "Vice President Harris and her team are off to the fastest and strongest start of any Vice President I have seen. She's Delivering for the American people on immigration, small business, voting rights, and economic growth. The President's trust and confidence in her is obvious when you see them in the Oval Office together."
1 posted on 11/15/2021 1:13:43 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

A criminal organization from to to bottom. Everyone trusts no one and they constantly undermine each other.


2 posted on 11/15/2021 1:15:55 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: simpson96

They’re radicals but also idiots.


3 posted on 11/15/2021 1:22:12 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: simpson96
"to making sure racial equity is at the core of everything"

Yuppers, that is always what is most important in "everything". Cackle, cackle goes the VP who has done NOTHING with the invasion on the southern border, her being the "immigration czar". Pfft.

4 posted on 11/15/2021 1:22:57 PM PST by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: simpson96

Where are those 81 million B/H voters to come to their aid?


5 posted on 11/15/2021 1:23:36 PM PST by SkyDancer (Let's Go Brandon!)
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Psaki does damage control for Kamala Harris’ reputation as poll numbers plummet


Exasperation and dysfunction: Inside Kamala Harris’ frustrating start as vice president
CNN ^ | Nov 14, 2021 | Edward-Isaac Dovere and Jasmine Wright
Posted on 11/14/2021, 8:21:26 PM by Jayster

(CNN) Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff — deciding there simply isn’t time to deal with them right now, especially at a moment when President Joe Biden faces quickly multiplying legislative and political concerns.

The exasperation runs both ways. Interviews with nearly three dozen former and current Harris aides, administration officials, Democratic operatives, donors and outside advisers — who spoke extensively to CNN — reveal a complex reality inside the White House.

Many in the vice president’s circle fume that she’s not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined.

The vice president herself has told several confidants she feels constrained in what she’s able to do politically. And those around her remain wary of even hinting at future political ambitions, with Biden’s team highly attuned to signs of disloyalty, particularly from the vice president.

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6 posted on 11/15/2021 1:24:26 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: simpson96

“”to continue protecting the American people from the Covid-19 pandemic,””

Awesome....

She’s so successful at everything she does, we barely notice it.


7 posted on 11/15/2021 1:26:55 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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I’m surprised anyone can stand to work alongside that cackling harridan. The only motivation I can imagine is self-aggrandizement.


8 posted on 11/15/2021 1:27:06 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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Biden-successor chatter grows .........and Harris isn’t scaring off any SUCCESSORS

Trial balloon........dump her on the USSC?


9 posted on 11/15/2021 1:27:46 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Seruzawa
"The Vice President and her office are focused on the ...middle out and the bottom up, not the top down..."

Gee, I guess creative editing can be fun, after all...

10 posted on 11/15/2021 1:28:07 PM PST by fhayek
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To: simpson96

Heels up is getting thumbs down.


11 posted on 11/15/2021 1:29:51 PM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Seruzawa

A criminal organization from top to bottom. Everyone trusts no one and they constantly undermine each other.

Just like the Royals and Oligarchs of Europe and elsewhere since time immemorial. Everybody wants to be the King or his Queen or his mistress.


12 posted on 11/15/2021 1:29:51 PM PST by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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I always thought it odd, Harris, so unpopular in the Democratic primaries she dropped out really early, ends up as the VP pick. And she threw a lot of heat twords Biden. If Joe doesn’t make it to 2024, she’s kind of the defacto nominee 2024 or 2028. Someone who’s proven unpopular.


13 posted on 11/15/2021 1:30:47 PM PST by BBQToadRibs2
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Ron Klain lives on Fantasy Land. Almost everything he just said is the exact opposite in reality.


14 posted on 11/15/2021 1:32:50 PM PST by lee martell
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To: simpson96

Whatever cnn is reporting means it must be 10 times worse.


15 posted on 11/15/2021 1:33:08 PM PST by V_TWIN
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To: BBQToadRibs2

My prediction is that Kamalamadingdong is a fail in the 2024 primaries.

She’s not crazy socialist enough for the true believers, and looked on as a weak candidate by the “mainstream” Dems.

Right now it looks like Booty-Gig to me.


16 posted on 11/15/2021 1:35:02 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Fester Chugabrew
> I’m surprised anyone can stand to work alongside that cackling harridan.

Are there any men (actual males who identify as males) on the VP's staff? I get the impression they're all women (and maybe a few beta-males). If so it's no wonder there's in-fighting.

An office full of competitive women can out-do Attila the Hun for ruthlessness.

17 posted on 11/15/2021 1:36:48 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: simpson96

Aw poor Heels-Up! Maybe Willie could swing by and give her a sympathy boink to cheer her up!


18 posted on 11/15/2021 1:37:39 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: nascarnation

Beto. They loves them some Beto out there...


19 posted on 11/15/2021 1:37:54 PM PST by fhayek
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To: nascarnation
She’s not crazy socialist enough for the true believers, and looked on as a weak candidate by the “mainstream” Dems.

I agree... she's gullible but not evil. They'll want someone harsher - much harsher. I'm guessing they'll push for Kerry.

20 posted on 11/15/2021 1:38:22 PM PST by GOPJ (One man lying to himself is pathetic - but a culture lying to itself seeds it's own destruction.)
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