Kamala Harris' new press secretary deletes over 10,000 tweets just prior to taking the job



The new spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris deleted over 10,000 tweets from her social media account just before she took on the new job.

CNN reported on Wednesday that Harris had tapped Kirsten Allen as her new press secretary months after Symone Sanders left the office vacant in December in order to join MSNBC. The job has been open since then.

Harris' office has been plagued with embarrassing stories that have led to staffers leaving or being fired.

Allen had previously worked as the deputy national press secretary and African American media director for Harris during her unsuccessful campaign to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 2019.

According to the social media analytics tool Social Blade, Allen deleted more than 10,000 tweets in the span of one week between Jan. 2 and 10 earlier this year.

A spokesperson for Harris told Fox News that they had not been in contact with Allen until February, but the job had been open since December.

While those tweets were swiped from her account, Allen left up some tweets that were critical of then-candidate Joe Biden during the race for the Democratic nomination.

In one, Allen retweets a message criticizing Biden for not being enthusiastic enough about same sex marriages while praising Harris for being unapologetically in favor of same sex marriages.

James with the receipts.https://twitter.com/Jemsinger/status/1165017460724117514\u00a0\u2026
— Kirsten Allen (@Kirsten Allen) 1566596885

A CNN report in November detailed how the vice president's office had clashed with Biden's office over what they saw as incompetence on her part. They complained that the vice president was often unprepared for official media briefings and for private meetings. Harris' communications director left the office soon after that report.

Staffers in Harris' office have reportedly accused the White House of purposely undermining Harris and of disrespecting her contributions to the administration.

Defenders of Harris have also accused her critics of being motivated by sexism and racism.

Here's more about the problems with Harris:

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'Illegitimate': Democrats swiftly move to delegitimize Amy Coney Barrett with organized talking points



It took just minutes after Amy Coney Barrett was officially nominated to the Supreme Court for Democrats to recirculate organized talking points in an attempt to delegitimize Barrett and her nomination.

"I will refuse to treat this process as legitimate & will not meet with Judge Amy Coney Barrett," Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) tweeted.

I will refuse to treat this process as legitimate & will not meet with Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) September 26, 2020

Blumenthal's promise came at the end of a lengthy Twitter rant in which he called Barrett's nomination an "illegitimate sham process" and recycled an organized attack against Barrett: that her likely spot on the Supreme Court will endanger health care rights and "women who just want to be able to decide when & how to have a family."

Of course, Blumenthal's second attack — that Barrett poses a threat to women — is a statement glistening with irony as Democrats spent Friday and Saturday attacking Barrett precisely because she has seven children and two of those children are adopted from Haiti.

Nearly every Democratic lawmaker who tweeted in response to Barrett's nomination claimed Barrett will threaten health care access and so-called female reproductive rights, a clear indication the talking points were organized.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

For four years, President Trump has tried to crush the Affordable Care Act. With his Supreme Court nominee, he is threatening the destruction of every benefit and protection of the ACA, including life-saving protections for 135 million Americans with pre-existing conditions.
For four years, President Trump has tried to crush the Affordable Care Act. With his Supreme Court nominee, he is t… https://t.co/B7Y4SYH7XH
— Nancy Pelosi (@Nancy Pelosi)1601158438.0

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.):

Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court is the product of a corrupt, illegitimate process that undermines the will of the American people. Alongside her dangerous, ultra-conservative record, she's not fit to serve on the Supreme Court.
Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court is the product of a corrupt, illegitimate process that undermin… https://t.co/k9R0ze4gOn
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@Kirsten Gillibrand)1601156526.0

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.):

1. This entire process is illegitimate.

2. We knew that anyone on Trump's list would represent a grave threat to Roe & ACA—including Barrett. Now GOP Senators will have to decide if they are truly willing to take away millions' rights & health care in the middle of a pandemic.
1. This entire process is illegitimate. 2. We knew that anyone on Trump’s list would represent a grave threat to… https://t.co/5WGYYF0Lqt
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@Senator Jeff Merkley)1601154556.0

Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii):

Barrett has an ideological agenda she won't acknowledge and an expressed willingness to overturn Supreme Court precedent.Her agenda poses a direct threat to health care, a woman's right to control her body, the rights of LGBTQ Americans, and other individual and civil rights.
Barrett has an ideological agenda she won’t acknowledge and an expressed willingness to overturn Supreme Court prec… https://t.co/tEHKAS45al
— Senator Mazie Hirono (@Senator Mazie Hirono)1601156102.0

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.):

Trump's hand-picked successor to Justice Ginsburg's seat makes it clear: they intend to destroy the Affordable Care Act & overturn Roe. This selection would move the court further right for a generation & harm millions of Americans.I strongly oppose Judge Barrett's nomination.
Trump’s hand-picked successor to Justice Ginsburg’s seat makes it clear: they intend to destroy the Affordable Care… https://t.co/gPrCw1HD7M
— Kamala Harris (@Kamala Harris)1601155614.0

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.):

The American people should make no mistake:A vote by any Senator for Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a vote to eliminate health care for millions in the middle the COVID-19 pandemic.Democrats are fighting for Americans' health care.
The American people should make no mistake:A vote by any Senator for Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a vote to elimina… https://t.co/10aSaanajJ
— Chuck Schumer (@Chuck Schumer)1601160109.0

Meanwhile, Ed Markey (D-Conn.) said again that Democrats should retaliate for Barrett's nomination by packing the Supreme Court with ideologically liberal justices and ending the filibuster if they return to power.

"If the Senate Republicans confirm Judge Barrett, Democrats must move to end the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court in the next Congress," Markey said.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham confirmed Saturday that Barrett's nomination hearings will begin Oct. 12.