Kamala Harris aide says in resignation letter: 'I've never seen staff treated so poorly'

The Hill ^ | 11 29 2019 | Rachel Frazin

[yesthatjallen]

An aide to Sen. Kamala Harris blasted the treatment of staff on the California Democrat's presidential campaign in a resignation letter this month.

"This is my third presidential campaign and I have never seen an organization treat its staff so poorly," wrote state operations director Kelly Mehlenbacher in the Nov. 11 letter, which was obtained by The New York Times.

"While I still believe that Senator Harris is the strongest candidate to win in the General Election in 2020, I no longer have confidence in our campaign or its leadership," she added.

She wrote that the way staff was treated during the past two weeks was "the final straw in this very difficult decision."

"It is not acceptable to me that we encouraged people to move from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore only to lay them off with no notice, with no plan for the campaign, and without thoughtful consideration of the personal consequences to them or the consequences that their absence would have on the remaining staff," Mehlenbacher's letter said. "It is unacceptable that we would lay off anyone that we hired only weeks earlier. It is unacceptable that with less than 90 days until Iowa we still do not have a real plan to win.

"Our campaign For the People is made up of diverse talent which is being squandered by indecision and a 'lack of leaders who will lead,'" it continued.

SNIP

[butlerweave]

Never worked for the Clintons or the Obamas then

[dfwgator]

But still, “Orange Man Bad!”

[Mark17]

An aide to Sen. Kamala Harris blasted the treatment of staff on the California Democrat's presidential campaign in a resignation letter this month.

So, all is not well in Tinseltown.

[Mark]

Sleep with dogs and you get fleas.

[Lurkinanloomin]

She treats everybody like crap, nothing personal.

[irishjuggler]

"While I still believe that Senator Harris is the strongest candidate to win in the General Election in 2020, I no longer have confidence in our campaign or its leadership," she added.

LOL. So a total incompetent who can't run a campaign and mistreats her staff is their "strongest candidate." I guess that's good news for us. If the rest of the field is even weaker and more incompetent than Kamala, we can't lose.

[lightman]

Never worked for the Clintons or the Obamas then

George H.W. Bush's campaign was hardly "kindler, gentler".

Having had a glimpse "inside".

[BookmanTheJanitor]

An unorganized, miserable liberal??? What are the odds? (snark)

[gov_bean_ counter]

No kidding.

The cognitive dissonance is strong with this one...

[ThunderSleeps]

Never seen staff treated so poorly? Imagine how she would treat the Country, knowing half didn’t like her.

[olesigh]

It’s tough working for someone who is unconstitutionally ineligible and who slept her way into offices.

[867V309]

"While I still believe that Senator Harris is the strongest candidate to win in the General Election in 2020, I no longer have confidence in our campaign or its leadership," she added.

While I still believe that Senator Harris is the strongest candidate to win in the General Election in 2020:       pure stupidity

I no longer have confidence in our campaign or its leadership:          she knows they're out of money

[caww]

She said ......”Our campaign is made up of ‘Diverse’ talent which is being squandered by indecision and a ‘lack of leaders who will lead”.....

Diversity .....and they wonder why there’s a problem of getting everyone on the same page.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Except Willie Brown.

[xp38]

[yesthatjallen]

"Our campaign For the People"

'The 'Revolution' is all that matters'.

[Bullish]

Snicker for sure.

[yesthatjallen]

While I still believe that Senator Harris is the strongest candidate to win in the General Election in 2020

A true believer in the great revolution.

[lewislynn]

It’s all Gabbard’s fault