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MSNBC host Symone Sanders-Townsend revealed she had a foul expertise together with her former boss, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Sanders-Townsend, who served as a spokesperson and senior adviser to Harris earlier than becoming a member of MSNBC in 2022, spoke with Biden administration veteran and now MSNBC host Jen Psaki in regards to the assaults on the brand new presumptive Democratic nominee and the way she’s coping with them.
“The factor about being first is that you are the first — whether or not you are the primary girl, the primary particular person of shade, and so forth, generally folks simply do not know the best way to deal with you. They do not know the best way to course of it,” Sanders-Townsend mentioned Thursday. “And they also resort to, sadly, generally racist, sexist tropes and memes and stereotypes.”
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Symone Sanders-Townsend, a former aide to Kamala Harris, mentioned she had a foul expertise with the vice chairman. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
The liberal MSNBC host then went on to debate her personal private experiences with Harris.
“It was new to me once I labored for her, as a result of I had by no means labored for a distinguished girl earlier than. I had solely labored for males,” Sanders-Townsend instructed Psaki.
She continued: “There was a day at work the place I assumed, ‘Ma’am, it’s possible you’ll be the final girl I work for, as a result of that is… this can be a lot that we now have to take care of right here.'”
“There is a story in that,” Psaki mentioned with fun.
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Vice President Kamala Harris was recognized for having to furlough employees a number of instances throughout her time in workplace. (ALLISON JOYCE/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
“However she was all the time conscious of the criticism of her, proper?” Sanders-Townsend mentioned. “Once I was there, we did not conceal it from her. But it surely did not deter her. It was one thing that I feel each candidate, each candidate, each particular person in energy has to pay attention to the criticism.
“As a result of for those who’re not conscious of it, the very last thing you need is in your candidate, your CEO, the vice chairman of america of America to say one thing and suppose, ‘What the hell is that?’ ‘Nicely, ma’am, we talked about that this morning at 10:00,'” she added.
“Sure,” Psaki agreed. “I imply, it’s necessary that they’re conscious of it, which is such an fascinating factor. It’s how they reply to it.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris shortly turned the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee after President Biden introduced his withdrawal from the 2024 race. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Photographs)
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Throughout her tenure as vice chairman, Harris confronted a number of employees strikes, resulting in criticism over the excessive turnover charge in her position.
Harris shortly turned the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee after President Biden introduced his withdrawal from the 2024 race.
Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox Information Digital. Story ideas could be despatched to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
Ex-spox Kamala Harris hints at unhealthy expertise with VP: ‘It’s possible you’ll be the final girl I work for’
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