Psaki Runs In For Damage Control–As Biden Admin Infighting Goes Public
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The infighting in the Biden administration has officially gone public.
It is getting so bad even CNN is reporting on it.
The entire CNN home page is devoted to the WH Shade War
Team B has launched their full-scale assault on Team K as they try to driver her out of the admin
Human Events Daily listeners months ahead of the curve pic.twitter.com/g28xBuhMQf
— Jacek Posobiec 🇺🇸🇵🇱 (@JackPosobiec) November 15, 2021
Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff — deciding there simply isn’t time to deal with them right now, especially at a moment when President Joe Biden faces quickly multiplying legislative and political concerns.
The exasperation runs both ways. Interviews with nearly three dozen former and current Harris aides, administration officials, Democratic operatives, donors and outside advisers — who spoke extensively to CNN — reveal a complex reality inside the White House. Many in the vice president’s circle fume that she’s not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined. The vice president herself has told several confidants she feels constrained in what she’s able to do politically. And those around her remain wary of even hinting at future political ambitions, with Biden’s team highly attuned to signs of disloyalty, particularly from the vice president.
She’s a heartbeat away from the presidency now. She could be just a year away from launching a presidential campaign of her own, given doubts throughout the political world that Biden will actually go through with a reelection bid in 2024, something he’s pledged to do publicly and privately. Or she’ll be a critical validator in three years for a President trying to get the country to reelect him to serve until he’s 86.
Few of the insiders who spoke with CNN think she’s being well-prepared for whichever role it will be. Harris is struggling with a rocky relationship with some parts of the White House, while long-time supporters feel abandoned and see no coherent public sense of what she’s done or been trying to do as vice president. Being the first woman, and first woman of color, in national elected office is historic but has also come with outsized scrutiny and no forgiveness for even small errors, as she’ll often point out.
In response Biden’s Press Secretary Jen Psaki sent out this tweet:
For anyone who needs to hear it. @VP is not only a vital partner to @POTUS but a bold leader who has taken on key, important challenges facing the country—from voting rights to addressing root causes of migration to expanding broadband.
— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) November 15, 2021
This was nothing more than damage control.
Jen Psaki throwing the subtlest of shades at Kamala Harris, reminding Kamala of what her job is and how she's bad at it. https://t.co/AunyMVKKR9
— Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com (@stillgray) November 15, 2021
None of these is an “important issue” —
“voting rights” is a fake controversy, “root causes” are not the problem at the border, and the private sector does a better job with broadband. *Those* are her top issues? Brings to mind @ScottAdamsSays’s point about the strongest argument https://t.co/WfiTGLAy6E— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) November 15, 2021
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) November 15, 2021
DAMAGE CONTROL ON THE OVAL AISE https://t.co/wxxBn8Sv3M
— Jacek Posobiec 🇺🇸🇵🇱 (@JackPosobiec) November 15, 2021
You aren’t fooling anyone
— Jacek Posobiec 🇺🇸🇵🇱 (@JackPosobiec) November 15, 2021
Things are getting very bad in the Biden White House.
