Vice President Kamala Harris is reportedly among the least popular vice presidents in modern American history. The approval ratings keep sinking and it seems it’s finally become such an issue that the White House is bringing in outside help. Kamala Harris has hired two veteran communication professionals to help with damage control of Harris’ disastrous first nine months as Vice President.
Lorraine Voles, a crisis communications expert, and Adam Frankel, a former Obama speechwriter, have been tasked to help Kamala, but it is too late?
According to The Washington Examiner:
Voles and Frankel “offered to be of assistance” to Harris and will focus on “organizational development, strategic communications, and long-term planning,” a White House official told the Washington Examiner. Both are on temporary assignment, though the White House declined to provide a more specific time frame.
Among the services Voles advertises on her website, “crisis management” and “marketing and rebranding” earn top billing.
She has broad experience navigating the choppy waters of public relations crises, including for embattled mortgage lender Fannie Mae during the 2008 financial crisis, according to her Linkedin . She later “led university-wide crisis communications efforts” at George Washington University during a 2013 admissions controversy.
A Clinton White House veteran, Voles has worked alongside Biden’s now-chief of staff Ron Klain in multiple roles. As White House deputy press secretary, she developed communications strategies for the presidential nominations to the Cabinet and Supreme Court. Klain, as an associate in the White House counsel’s office, directed the selection efforts and helped push Attorney General Janet Reno and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg through the Senate confirmation process.
Harris was put in charge of some major assignments such as getting the border under control. However, Harris has largely been absent from her duties as VP, making many Americans question her commitment to her role as vice president.
