El Paso, TX (June 25, 2021) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Vice President Kamala Harris arrive to El Paso International Airport on Air Force Two. They spoke to the press briefly before departing the airport.
The office of the Vice President has been criticized as “mired” in chaos with “low morale, porous lines of communication and diminished trust among aides and senior officials.” Now new criticisms have been leveled at Harris’s chief of staff for hindering communications. Harris’s spokeswoman Symone Sanders flailingly lashed out at the criticisms. Azmi Haroun reports for Business Insider:
Symone Sanders, the chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris, on Wednesday pushed back against reports the VP’s office has limited communication with key allies.
Reports from CNBC and Politico alleged Tina Flournoy, Harris’ chief of staff, has isolated Harris’ allies in recent months, and is highly selective in granting access to the VP among members of her inner circle.
Flournoy is a Washington politics veteran, having worked in the Democratic National Committee and in former President Bill Clinton’s administration.
The reports said Flournoy routinely directs policy questions, such as ones related to immigration, to Harris’ senior advisers, and that donors and some of Harris’ longtime political allies who spoke anonymously feel frozen out.
Sanders defended Flournoy, according to Politico and said Flournoy has an “open door policy.”
“Black women like me would not have the opportunity to work in politics without Tina,” Sanders said, calling sources who anonymously criticized Flournoy “cowards.”
“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,'” Sanders told Politico.
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