Kamala Harris’ job must have been very difficult. It’s only been a little more than a year and a half and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen so many people fleeing for the exits from such an office. According to the Daily Mail, Biden’s White House had more than 30 senior staffers leave. Most people work hard for their position and are eager to remain there. This means it must be pretty bad if you’re heading for the exits once you’ve reached this kind of position.
Two people announced earlier this month they were fleeing Kamala — Rohini Kosoglu, Harris’ domestic policy adviser, who had worked with Harris since her Senate days, and Meghan Groob, the director of speechwriting, who only held the job for about four months. I bet you didn’t even think she had a director of speechwriting, given what a jumble her speeches tend to be. Kosoglu claimed that she just wanted more family time. Harris, her chief of staff and deputy press secretary has all been lost.
Another senior aide has made his way to the exits. This latest person isn’t even bothering with an excuse for why he’s heading out, although he did make an obligatory comment about what a great experience it was.
Michael Collins — Harris’ director of public engagement and intergovernmental affairs — is going to be leaving next month. He’s been in the office for 16 months.
“It has been a difficult decision, but I’ve decided to leave this amazing experience in the middle of August and transition to the next stage of my life,” Collins said in the letter. “I’m so grateful to the Vice President for trusting me with this privilege and was honored to support the President’s and Vice President’s tireless, committed and historic work.”
Collins previously worked as the chief of staff to former Georgia Democratic Rep. John Lewis prior to the congressman’s death in 2020. Both had known each other for 21 years. Collins explained that Harris was an extension and continuation of Lewis’s work in an interview for ABC News last year.
“I’m trying to live out his legacy. It’s been a journey — it’s been a journey,” Collins said. “I’m fortunate enough to now be working for the vice president of the United States. Her leadership is something that I’m looking forward to just embarking on in the world. And this is an extension of the work that I did with him, and I look forward to that tremendously.”
“Tireless, committed, and historic work” must be their redefinition of running the country into the ground. It’s certainly “historic” with historic levels of inflation. But I’m thinking, in addition to the tough working environment, that some are bailing out because they don’t want to be around when the ship truly goes down. They don’t want to get tagged with more failure.
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