Dec. 2, 2021: Symone says goodbye
Symone Sanders, a senior adviser and chief spokesperson for VP Kamala Harris, \u201cis expected to leave the White House at the end of the year,\u201d Eugene Daniels, Chris Cadelago and Daniel Lippman reported Wednesday night. \u201cIt was not immediately clear where Sanders is heading next or when she will be leaving the vice president\u2019s office.\xa0\nSanders, a 31-year-old African-American strategist and one of the admin\u2019s most recognizable advisers, leaves amid a flurry of stories about internal frictions and disorder in the VP\u2019s office. Sanders was often the aide who pushed back on those storylines, defending the VP and advocating for her both publicly and in one-on-one dealings with reporters.\nSubscribe to POLITICO Playbook.\nRaghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.\xa0Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.