One more Kamala Harris aide has joined the exodus of staffers leaving the vp’s workplace amid claims of turmoil and dysfunction.
Vincent Evans, the veep’s deputy director of public engagement and intergovernmental affairs, has stop to tackle a job on Capitol Hill, CNBC reported Wednesday.
Evans is departing the VP’s workplace to hitch the Congressional Black Caucus, which is chaired by Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) and advocates for minorities.
He's the newest Harris staffer to resign amid claims of rigidity in her workplace — together with one blistering report final month that described her as a “bully” who dishes out “soul-destroying criticism.”
However regardless of these studies, a supply near Evans informed CNBC he was nonetheless on good phrases with Harris and claimed the resignation wasn’t linked to earlier departures.
“I'm deeply honored to be named the manager director of the Congressional Black Caucus,” Evans stated in an announcement to the community.
“I began my profession in Washington working for a member of the CBC, so I do know firsthand the super management and affect this caucus has in Congress and throughout the nation.”
Evans labored with Harris’ crew within the lead-up to the 2020 election and through the presidential transition.
Harris’ chief spokesperson and longtime aide Symone Sanders departed final month, as did communications director Ashley Etienne. Director of press operations Peter Velz additionally resigned.
White Home press secretary Jen Psaki claimed on the time that the exodus from Harris’ workplace was “pure” and “a really constructive factor.”
“Working within the first 12 months of a White Home is thrilling and rewarding but it surely’s additionally grueling and exhausting,” she stated throughout a press briefing.
“For those who take a look at previous precedent, it’s pure for staffers who've thrown their coronary heart and soul right into a job to be prepared to maneuver on to a brand new problem after a couple of years and that's relevant to many of those people.”
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