Kamala Harris staffers lived 'in complete fear,' were forced to stand and say 'Good morning, general' not allowed to look her in the eye: former staffer

Former Kamala Harris staffers have revealed shocking allegations about the vice president when she was the acting Attorney General of California, claiming severe verbal abuse that left staffers living "in complete fear."

This included frequent "beratings," in which Harris would "throw around 'F' bombs and other profanity" while screaming at her staff members, according to a staffer. Harris apparently forced her employees to stand each morning as she entered the office and say, "Good morning, general."



The claims were made in a recently unearthed 2019 op-ed for The Union written by Democrat professor Terry McAteer, who detailed his son Gregory's "eye-opening" experience while working as an intern for Harris - the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee - when she was California's Attorney General. McAteer said he wrote the piece to show the world "a side of Kamala Harris which the general public does not know."

"Gregory was also given instruction to never address Harris nor look her in the eye as that privilege was only allowed to senior staff members," wrote McAteer in the article titled "Another Side to Kamala Harris." He alleged that staff members refrained from introducing his son Gregory to Harris because they lived "in complete fear" when she served as the attorney general from 2011 to 2017.

Gregory McAteer worked as a public policy intern for Harris from June to August 2011, according to an archive of his LinkedIn page found on Red State. The vice president has been accused of severe mistreatment by former staffers many times, who have accused Harris of being a "bully."

Kamala Harris also has a 95.1 percent staff turnover rate while serving in the Office of the Vice President, according to a recent report from OpenTheBooks.com. Shortly after Harris became Biden's VP in 2021, a staffer quit over Harris's mistreatment, telling the Washington Post at that time, "It's clear that you're not working with somebody who is willing to do the prep and the work."

"With Kamala you have to put up with a constant amount of soul-destroying criticism and also her own lack of confidence. So, you're constantly sort of propping up a bully and it's not really clear why," the former staffer said, as reported by the paper.

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) confirmed the turnover rate in a recent interview with Fox News, saying that "nobody lasts very long" while working for Kamala Harris. "Even as VP, when she didn't do anything, she could not keep staff," said McCarthy. "How she treats people around her is a real indication of what she'll do in the future."