Kamala Harris in the midst of a bad political patch, her spokesperson resigns

Kamala Harris’ dirty period continues. The White House confirmed Thursday the departure at the end of the year of Symone Sanders, main spokesperson for the American Vice President, when the latter is going through a difficult political patch.

Confirming press reports, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said there had been “an announcement about the departure of Symone Sanders,” adding: “she will always be part of the Biden-Harris family and it’s only natural to be ready to do something new after a few years. “

“Working in the first year of a White House term is both exciting and rewarding, but also grueling and exhausting,” said Jen Psaki. She noted that this departure was “an opportunity to bring in new faces, new voices and a new perspective. “

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Kamala Harris, asked about it by reporters, said Thursday, “I love Symone. “I can’t wait to see what she’s going to do now,” added the vice-president. Jen Psaki, however, did not want to comment on the press information on the resignation of another employee of Kamala Harris, its communications director Ashley Etienne.

The American Vice-President is going through a difficult period politically and struggles to find her place in the White House, where she is in charge of particularly delicate missions, relating to the access of minorities to the vote or to the origins of the migration crisis at the border. South. According to several American media, his team is experiencing internal tensions and maintains difficult relations with the collaborators and collaborators of Joe Biden. In Washington, political commentators have started to speculate openly about the vice president’s political future.

She made history by becoming the first woman and the first black and Asian person to be invested in the post, which theoretically makes her the heir to 79-year-old Joe Biden in an upcoming election. presidential. Last spring, Joe Biden, however, said he intended to run for a second term, but the fall in his popularity and the midterms that are shaping up to be difficult could reshuffle the cards.

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