A TOP aide for Vice President Kamala Harris announced on December 1 that she will be leaving her post at the White House.
Symone Sanders had been working for the Biden administration since his 2020 presidential campaign.
Who is Symone Sanders?
Symone Sanders is an American political strategist and commentator hailing from Nebraska.
The 31-year-old served as national press secretary for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential campaign.
She left the campaign in late June 2016 and a few months later was hired to be a Democratic strategist and political commentator by CNN.
In April 2019, Sanders joined the 2020 presidential campaign of former vice president Joe Biden as a senior advisor.
After Biden’s win, she was named chief spokesperson and a senior advisor for Vice President Kamala Harris.
She is also a published author of the memoir, No, You Shut Up.
Why is she leaving the White House?
Sanders officially announced her departure from the White House in a letter to her colleagues shared on December 1.
She thanked Vice President Harris and chief of staff Tina Flournoy, writing: “I'm so grateful to the VP for her vote of confidence from the very beginning and the opportunity to see what can be unburdened by what has been.
"I'm grateful for Tina and her leadership and her confidence as well.
“Every day, I arrived to the White House complex knowing our work made a tangible difference for Americans.
“I am immensely grateful and will miss working for her and with all of you."
It is unclear what prompted her decision to leave the White House.
However, Anita Dunn, a former top Biden aide, alluded in an interview with CNN that Sanders “needed a break,” saying: " Symone has been working at the highest levels and in an extraordinarily intense environment for three years for Joe Biden and now also for Vice President Harris.
"When you look at the three years, two on the campaign, one in the White House, nobody can question her decision that she needs a break and it's time to move on. And she'll always be a member of the Biden-Harris family."
Is she married?
It is unclear if Sanders is married.
According to the Net Line, she is reportedly dating Shawn Townsend, the director of nightlife & culture, D.C.
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