DNC chair Jaime Harrison has considered early exit amid White House tensions.
Key decisions for the committee are made by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O'Malley Dillon, who speaks frequently with other DNC officials but only about three times a month by Zoom with Harrison. The limits of his influence are a source of agitation for Harrison, according to several people who have spoken to him.
Harrison has been frustrated enough to consider an escape route to depart before the midterms, when Republicans are expected to make gains in Congress, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. But Harrison, who has long had his eye on running for Congress when House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., retires, can’t make any move that would be perceived as harmful to the party or the president.
In the interview, Harrison urged his critics to end the gossiping and concentrate on political victory. But others watching the dynamic closely say they wonder if Harrison didn’t know what he was getting into when he took the job. Harrison's sensitivity to protecting himself and his family from the virus was on display during a 2020 campaign debate against Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., when he brought a plexiglass divider to separate himself from his adversary. At the time, he said he wanted to ensure the safety of his wife, his children and the grandmother who helped raise him.
“Jaime and the DNC were spectacular,” McAuliffe said of the effort put forth on his behalf. “They were there from Day One” and “did everything we asked them to.” A former DNC official who is in contact both with Harrison and the White House put it this way: “He’s been marginalized — but it's with good cause.”
For Harrison, the next few months present a conundrum. The longer he remains as chair, the more likely he could be made the scapegoat if Republicans sweep in midterm elections. Harrison’s fate at the DNC is a delicate subject, given Harrison’s proximity to Clyburn, the South Carolina congressman who advocated for Harrison’s DNC appointment and delivered a marquee endorsement to Biden that helped the president clinch the early primary state and go on to handily win Super Tuesday and beyond.
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