Thread by @CurtisHouck

DOOCY TIME: "A handful of key aides have announced either that they are leaving the Vice President's office or are reportedly going to be...soon. Is the Vice President not satisfied with the staffing that she has...or do people just not want to work for her anymore?"

Doocy: "So, this is not a case of bad headlines about the Vice President and a decision being made to shake up the staff to fix an image issue?"

Psaki says Symone Sanders "is whip smart and "will do plenty of interesting things in the world" in her future.

Doocy: "Does [Harris] think that staff are to blame for her not making any kind of meaningful progress on the big things in portfolio, like passing voting rights or addressing the root causes of migration?"

Psaki: "I know the Vice President is grateful to all the staff[.]"

Doocy: "Big cities are dealing with smash-and-grab robberies, a record number of police officers have been shot and killed this year. What is President Biden going to do about all this lawlessness?"

Doocy: "Does the President still think that crime is up b/c of the pandemic?"

Psaki: "I think many people have conveyed that, and also one of the reasons that crime -- one of root reasons crime we've -- root causes of crime in communities is guns and gun violence[.]"

Doocy: "When a huge group of criminals organizes themselves and they want to go loot a store, a CVS, a Nordstrom, a Home Depot until the shelves are clean, you think that's b/c of the pandemic?"

Psaki: "I think a root cause in a lot of communities is the pandemic, yes."

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