Jamal Simmons beforehand labored for Al Gore's 2000 presidential marketing campaign.
John Lamparski
Vice President Kamala Harris’s communications director will depart his publish subsequent month after only a yr on the job, the newest in a collection of high-level departures from her workplace.
Jamal Simmons, a veteran Democratic aide who beforehand labored for Al Gore’s 2000 presidential marketing campaign and extra lately as a contributor to CBS Information and The Hill, joined the veep’s workforce in January to switch Ashley Etienne, who departed in November of final yr to pursue “different alternatives.”
“Working for Vice President Harris has been an honor and a privilege,” Simmons informed Politico. “I’m so grateful for the boldness she put in me and I'll miss this implausible workforce greater than something.”
An electronic mail obtained by the Hill from Harris’s chief of workers, Lorraine Voles, stated that Simmons’s spouse accepted a place in New York and their household will transfer there “within the close to future.”
“Due to his deep respect for the Vice President, he agreed to come back on board for a yr,” Voles’s electronic mail added, based on the Hill.
Simmons was tasked with bettering Harris’ picture after a collection of missteps and markedly excessive workers turnover marred her first yr in workplace.
A collection of stories final yr depicted Harris as a troublesome boss to work for, with some former aides describing her administration model as “soul-destroying” and saying their principal job was “propping up a bully.”
A December 2021 Washington Publish expose on Harris’s workplace quoted former vice presidential aide Gil Duran as saying that staffers “fake they’re retiring for optimistic causes.”
Duran additionally claimed that Harris’s “harmful patterns” had been behind the exit of each Etienne and one other former prime aide, Symone Sanders.
A June 2021 piece in Politico stated Harris’ workplace was “chaotic” with a “tense and at instances dour” environment.
“Individuals are thrown underneath the bus from the very prime, there are brief fuses and it’s an abusive atmosphere,” the outlet quoted one supply, who added that “folks really feel handled like s–t.”
Regardless of Simmons’ finest efforts, a latest Economist/YouGov ballot confirmed Harris’ approval ranking caught on simply 40% amongst registered voters, whereas 55% disapproved of the job she was doing as VP.
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