White House chief of staff Ron Klain has come under fire as Joe Biden's popularity wanes and Democrats struggle to pass the president's huge social safety net legislation.
The litany of complaints against Klain, a longtime Democratic insider, goes as follows: He 'micromanages' the West Wing, he's too deferential to the liberal wing of the party, and he pays way too much attention to cable news and social media.
Two reports on Klain, 60, this week - timed to the one-year anniversary of Biden's tenure in office - were filled with criticisms about his work. Most are from anonymous sources, likely because they are about someone in the powerful White House chief of staff position.
Several Democratic lawmakers have said they've gotten unexpected phone calls from Biden praising them for on-air appearances supporting him and his agenda.
Moderate Democrats complain that Klain gives too much deference to their liberal colleagues with some saying he needs to be replaced, Politico reported.
'The president was elected because we all thought he was going to be good at governing,' said a House Democratic lawmaker told the news outlet. 'He was going to govern from the center, he was going to work with Republicans. And to have a chief of staff that apparently has decided that he's going to be Bernie Sanders, I think that's confusing. It's just not helpful.'
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Scape goat, someone has to be sacrificed, but what then, afterward when Biden still is Biden?