White House Senior Adviser Gene Sperling Leaves for Harris Campaign

Biden said the economist helped him ‘execute a rescue plan that has led to one of the most equitable and resilient economic recoveries ever.’
White House Senior Adviser Gene Sperling Leaves for Harris Campaign
Gene Sperling, senior adviser to President Joe Biden, speaks at the White House on Aug. 2, 2021. Susan Walsh/AP Photo
Jackson Richman
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WASHINGTON—White House senior adviser Gene Sperling is leaving the post to join Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign.

In an Aug. 5 statement, President Joe Biden thanked Sperling, an economist who oversaw the implementation of Biden’s $1.9 trillion 2021 COVID-19 relief legislation, known as the American Rescue Plan, for his service.
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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