Even before her time as vice president, he was the on-record voice in stories expressing skepticism about Harris. When her 2020 presidential campaign collapsed before a single primary vote had been cast, he was on the record in the Times blaming her for campaign mismanagement. He’s shared interesting anecdotes about his observations of the dynamic between the vice president and her niece, MEENA HARRIS.

Duran, who also worked for Sen. DIANNE FEINSTEIN and former California Gov. JERRY BROWN, has written critically about other California politicians

The cult surrounding here is obscene. They also claim that she's criticised more because shes a woman and partially black.

But among many Harris allies and loyalists, Duran is a source of frustration and emblematic of one of the flaws in political media....they feel reporters are lazy for using Duran as a source, noting that he hasn’t worked for Harris since 2013, and worked in her office for lEsS tHaN sIx MoNtHs!!!

“It’s puzzling to many of us in California that national outlets take anything Gil Duran has to say seriously,” said SEAN CLEGG, a Democratic strategist and adviser to kamaluh

He said he knew he would “lose some friendships” over his on-record quotes of the VP’s performance and that he received some private criticism from Harris loyalists and former colleagues, in addition to being swarmed by some of the vice president’s aggressive supporters online.

Funny how thye dont call THEM sexist. the kamala hoes.

he said his insights wouldn’t be relevant or newsworthy if other more recent campaign and administration staffers didn’t leak stories that echoed his own experience working for her.

“I definitely know it's annoying to some people. But nothing I've said has been as damaging as what her own staff members have said about her,”

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