"She said she felt like she wasn't set up to succeed and that wasn't the impression I got when I was reporting. I know that there were probably some people on the inner circle that were sort of, I don't know, into the drama. But my experience with the press shop was that they were very much behind the vice president and, you know, the president seemed like a genuinely close relationship, considered her a partner."
"ANDREW BATES: Your read is consistent with my experience. I spent a lot of time working with her team to get her back, to talk about her successes, to defend her from negative coverage that we thought was unfair, and I'm proud that I did that. And that was something that I saw across from my colleagues. TOMMY CHRISTOPHER: Yeah, you know, uh, I found that it's especially, you know, it's not always easy to get responses from the white house."
Kamala Harris expressed that she felt not set up to succeed and criticized internal debate about President Biden's decision to run again. Andrew Bates, a former senior Biden aide, said he had not observed the kind of chatter Harris described around the reelection decision. Bates said his experience involved actively defending Harris from negative coverage and promoting her achievements. Bates described a communications shop that consistently supported the vice president and supplied background and quotes to reporters. Bates characterized the relationship between Biden and Harris as close and partnership-oriented. Some inner-circle drama may have existed, but Bates emphasized consistent institutional support.
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