and lack of focusing key west wing aids largely thrown up their hands and vice president harris and her staff. at the time harris left off reports she felt ms. use or underused by the white house. this all comes as harris s approval rating cratered in november with just 28% of americans approving of her performance. harris is also battling reports of conflict between herself and transportation secretary pete buttigieg who is a potential rival to top the presidential ticket in 2024 should president biden not run for reelection. after president biden defended buttigieg for taking two months of paternity leave amid the supply chain crisis a former harris aide told cnn that is hard to miss the specific energy the white house brings to defend the white man. they said knowing kamala harris has spent almost a year taking a lot of the hits the west wing did not want to take on themselves.