“Nobody lasts very long.”
During an appearance on Life, Liberty & Levin this week, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy touched on Vice President Kamala Harris’ difficulty keeping people on staff; “It is known in California, and it’s known in Washington. It is a heroic work environment if you work for her,” McCarthy said.
“Nobody lasts very long. Even as VP, when she didn’t do anything, she could not keep staff. That is a person that the press will never talk about… How she treats people around her is a real indication of what she’ll do in the future,” McCarthy added.
McCarthy also said, “When she got elected to the U.S. Senate, I was the Majority Leader. I reached out to meet with her. Not once would she meet with me. If I talked to the Democrats inside the California delegation, they didn’t care for her because she would not meet.”
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OpenTheBooks.com reports that Harris’ office has a 91.5% turnover rate.
From Fox News:
The former California House Republican’s remarks come after OpenTheBooks.com, which describes itself as a “government watchdog organization,” reported last week that Harris is experiencing a 91.5% staff turnover rate within the Office of the Vice President.
The organization, citing payroll records, says as of March 31, 2024, only four of the initial 47 staffers employed during Harris’ first year as vice president in 2021 are still working for her without interruption.
In the year leading up to that date, 24 of her staffers quit, it added. Harris reportedly has 50 staff working for her right now.
Overall, Harris’ staff turnover rate of nearly 92% surpasses President Biden’s rate of 77% and former President Trump’s rate of 72% during the first to fourth years of their terms, according to OpenTheBooks.com.
“It’s always been a problem,” one former Harris aide was quoted telling The Hill in 2022. “You have to have your people around you.”
“Politics is about relationships and the relationships with the people around you,” added another former staffer. “I think there’s a lot of improvement needed there.”
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