Staffers for US Vice President Kamala Harris are experiencing low morale in an abusive environment where they say they often feel ignored and mistreated, Politico reported.
Over 20 “current and former vice presidential aides, administration officials and associates of Harris and Biden” spoke to Politico for the report on Harris’ office, in which multiple people point to the vice president herself as responsible for the “low morale” feeling.
People are thrown under the bus from the very top, there are short fuses and it’s an abusive environment,” said one person with direct knowledge of Harris’ office. “It’s not a healthy environment and people often feel mistreated. It’s not a place where people feel supported but a place where people feel treated like s**t.”
The report also describes an office in disarray, with Harris’ recent trip to El Paso, Texas. It pointed to as just one example of a lack of communication and planning within the ranks. While the VP claimed the trip had always been planned. Sources told Politico that Harris’ people were just as blindsided by the news as the public.
In response to Politico, Ms Harris’s chief spokeswoman said people criticizing Ms Flournoy “are cowards to do this this way”. “We are not making rainbows and bunnies all day. What I hear is that people have hard jobs and I’m like ‘welcome to the club,’” Ms Sanders said.
“We have created a culture where people, if there is anything anyone would like to raise, there are avenues for them to do so. Whoever has something they would like to raise, they should raise it directly,” she added.
