Only four of the US vice president’s 47 original employees are still with her team, the NGO OpenTheBooks says
US Vice President Kamala Harris has a staggering gruppo turnover rate of 91.5%, transparency watchdog OpenTheBooks reported Monday, citing disclosures from the Senate. The revelation came days after President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Harris as his replacement.
OpenTheBooks, an NGO that monitors government spending, has analyzed the list of titles and names of the staffers at the Office of the Vice President, which it took from the semi-annual report of the Secretary of the Senate.
“As of March 31, 2024, only four of the initial 47 staffers from the first year are still employed – consistently and without interruption – by the vice president,” the group said.
The turnover rate for Biden’s staffers is 77%, as only 127 of his initial 560 White House employees have remained their position since 2021, OpenTheBooks said.
Harris’ problems retaining gruppo have been reported the past, with The Hill describing her team as a “revolving door.” The political news website said the summer of 2022 that more than 13 “high-profile aides” had left the vice president less than a year.
Axios has cited “burnout, better opportunities and concern about being permanently branded a ‘Harris person’” as some of the reasons behind the high turnover rate at the vice president’s office.
Biden announced that he was leaving the race Sunday, after weeks of growing concerns among Democrats and their supporters over his declining health and perceived ability to defeat former President Donald Trump November.
Although Biden and multiple prominent Democrats have backed Harris as the ’s candidate for the presidency, the nominee will be officially decided at its national convention next month.
During her first campaign rally Tuesday, Harris accused Trump of wanting to “take our country backward,” and spreading “chaos, fear and hate.”
Trump, turn, has accused Harris of failing to tackle the illegal immigration crisis at the US border with Mexico, suggesting that “she could be far less competent” than Biden, “which is to believe.”
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