>> YOU NEED TO GET TO GO AND
NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET WHERE YOU
NEED TO GO -- THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE PASS ONLY OF -- PASSAGE
OF TIME, RIGHT?
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
THERE IS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE TO
THE PASSAGE OF TIME, AND THERE
IS SUCH GREAT SIGNIFICANCE TO
THE PASSAGE OF TIME.
WE WILL WORK TOGETHER AND
CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO
WORK TOGETHER AS WE CONTINUE TO
WORK TOGETHER, TO WORK TOGETHER
ON --
PETE: SOME THINGS GET OLD, SOME
THINGS GET BETTER LIKE THOSE.
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS
BEEN KNOWN TO MAKE SOME
INTERESTING SPEECHES, BUT NOW
HER CHIEF SPEECH WRITER STEPPING
DOWN.
THAT’S JUST ONE OF TWO
RESIGNATIONS ANNOUNCED IN THE
VP’S OFFICE THIS WEEK.
HER LONGEST SERVING ADVISER, HER
DOMESTIC POLICY ADVISER, ALSO
JOINING THE LONG LIST OF
DEPARTURES SINCE HARRIS TOOK
OFFICE A.
HERE WITH REACTION, FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR JOE CONCHA.
JOE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
WE’VE HEARD THE CLIPS BUT, YOU
KNOW, SOMEONE IS WRITING THOSE
SPEECHES PRESUMABLY, AND NOW
THAT PERSON IS OUT AFTER FOUR
MONTHS.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT ALL?
>> I’M THINKING, I’M NOT PUTTING
THAT ON MY LinkedIN PAGE, THAT
I WAS A SPEECH WRITER FOR KAMALA
HARRIS.
OH, CAN YOU SEND US SOME CLIPS?
IF SURE, NO PROBLEM.
THAT’S MY DREAM JOB NOW.
I’M TRADING UP TO SPEECH WRITER
FOR KAMALA HARRIS BECAUSE WHEN
YOU LISTEN THE TO HER WORD
SPEECHES AT THIS TIME, IT’S NOT
EXACTLY A HIGH BAR TO TO GET
OVER, PETE, RIGHT IN AND GIVEN
HOW LITTLE WE SEE THE VICE
PRESIDENT, THIS IS LIKE A FOUR
HOUR A WEEK JOB.
BUT THIS TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE LEAVING THE OFFICE
OVERALL, WE HAVEN’T SEEN AN
EXODUS CAN LIKE THIS SINCE
BIBLICAL EGYPT OR CALIFORNIA
RECENTLY.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE
IT’S BEEN WIDELY IMPORTANT THAT
MS. HARRIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT
PERSON TO WORK WITH.
SHE’S LIKE THE GWYNETH PALTROW
OF THE WEST WING.
IT’S ALSO LIKE BEING CARLEY
SHIMKUS’ ASSISTANT.
[LAUGHTER]
I KNOW, THAT WAS UNFORTUNATE.
PETE: SHE LAUGHED.
>> I KNOW.
WHEN YOU’RE POLLING IN THE LOW
30s AND NOBODY THINKS YOU’RE A
GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO THE
SITTING -- GOOD TURN TO THE
SITTING PRESIDENT, YOU MIGHT
WANT TO GET OFF THAT EXIT AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
PETE: THERE’S ALSO A SENSE
THROUGH REPORTS THAT SHE DOESN’T
DO HER HOMEWORK AND OFTEN IS NOT
PREPARED FOR THESE MEETINGS AND
SPEECHES, SO YOU GET THIS WORD
SALAD.
IF YOU’RE THE ONE DOING THE
HOMEWORK AND WRITING THE
SPEECHES AND YET SHE GOES OUT
AND DOES THAT, IT’S PRETTY
DEMORALIZING.
AND YOU SEE THAT ACROSS THE
SPECTRUM OF NOT JUST THE VICE
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, BUT THE
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE.
AND IF YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF
TURNOVER, IT’S PRETTY TOUGH TO
GET THINGS DONE, WHICH IS MAYBE
A GOOD THING, JOE.
MAYBE THE LESS THINGS THEY GET
DONE THE BETTER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS ON VACATION RECENTLY, AND
I FORGOT TO THE TO PACK A BOOK,
BUT THE HOUSE WE WERE STAYING IN
HAD A COUPLE BOOKS AROUND, SO I
STARTED REREADING SEAL TEAM 6,
AND THEY HAVE A GOOD LINE, THE
MORE WE SWEAT IN TRAINING, THE
LESS WE BLEED IN WAR.
IT’S THE SAME WITH ANY JOB.
THE MORE YOU PREP, THE LESS
PROBLEMS YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE, TO YOUR
POINT, KAMALA HARRIS JUST SHOWS
UP AND KIND OF WINGS IT.
AND GIVEN ALL THE CRITICISM SHE
GETS FOR IT, I WOULD THINK THAT
WOULD MOTIVATE HER TO DO BETTER.
BUT WE SEE IT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
AND THIS IS WHY FROM A MESSAGING
PERSPECTIVE WHETHER IT’S THE
PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT,
HIS TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY,
HIS DHS SECRETARY, YOU COULD GO
DOWN THE LINE IN TERMS OF ALL
THE PRESIDENT’S MEN AND WOMEN.
PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE
COMMUNICATING BASIC THINGS IN
THIS ADMINISTRATION.
AND WHEN THE PERFORMANCE IS
HORRIBLE ON TOP OF THAT IN TERMS
OF THE RESULTS, THAT’S WHY
THEY’RE POLLING WHERE THEY ARE.
PETE: YEAH, YOU’RE RIGHT.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT COMMUNICATES
THE WAY HE DOES, SHE
COMMUNICATES, THE PRESS
SECRETARY MIGHT WANT THEM TO BE
A GOOD COMMUNICATOR, NOT SO
MUCH, YOU’RE IN TROUBLE.
JOE CONCHA, YOU’RE NOT IN
TROUBLE.
WE APPRECIATE YOU.
>> HAPPY NATIONAL TATTOO DAY, BY
THE WAY.
I WOULD THROW MY F AND F THAT A
TOO --
PETE: IT’S RIGHT DOWN HERE, HIP
FLEXOR, RIGHT?
>> LOWER BACK AREA.
IT’S A LONG STORY --
PETE: POSTIT ON INSTAGRAM.