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Josh Barro

30 Jun, 4 tweets, 1 min read

This seems a little thin honestly? politico.com/news/2021/06/3…

Like, the key complaint here seems to be that it’s hard to get access to the Vice President? Why should we assume that’s bad?

For example, this allegation is so vague. Who was thrown under the bus? For what? Did they deserve it? Frankly I’m surprised Politico allowed this as a blind quote, since it doesn’t say anything specific. Just opinions: “abusive,” “not healthy.”

Look, I am open to the idea that Harris would run a bad ship. (See her presidential campaign.) But this story doesn’t have the goods, and it even sounds a little like some of the people who *were* problems in Harrisworld are mad they’re on the outs. Which is a good sign!

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https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1405871549924663296

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