In the space of the last two weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris has lost two of her senior aides.

First, just before Thanksgiving, news broke that Ashley Etienne, Harris' communications director, would be leaving the vice president's office. Then, on Wednesday night, CNN reported that Symone Sanders, Harris' chief spokesperson and a senior adviser, is also headed out the door.

Harris allies quickly moved to explain both of these departures away as long-planned and not part of any sort of problem within the Veep's office.

"It's natural for staffers who've thrown their heart...