WASHINGTON — Jill Biden’s ex-spokesman Monday revealed how “mean girls” ruled a White House “cult” that once shielded the former first lady and her husband — griping the ‘’Biden Bubble was full of bullies.’’
Former Jill Biden rep Michael LaRosa, in a scathing Fox News op-ed,” credited former Vice President Kamala Harris for exposing the bullying tactics in her new book, which is set to be released Tuesday.
“Harris’s forthcoming book, according to recently released excerpts, says what insiders whispered for years: the Biden bubble was full of bullies,” LaRosa wrote — adding that the veep was “finally saying the quiet part out loud.
“Inside the White House, the Regina Georges of Biden’s circle ruled like mean girls and policed loyalty,” he said, referring to actress Rachael McAdams’ nasty character in the hit flick “Mean Girls.”
“Staff weren’t serving a president and first lady — they were serving a cult,” LaRosa said. “You never knew when Regina was in charge or when the Bidens were. It was all blurred.
“Joe and Jill Biden were warm, decent, empathetic,” LaRosa recalled. “But they enabled some of the nastiest and most mean-spirted people I’ve ever encountered in politics. That contradiction defines the Biden era.”
“Biden’s final mission, he said, was to save the country from Trump — who Democrats consider to be the ultimate bully,” LaRosa went on. “But bullies are everywhere, even among Democrats, and despite his brand — even around Biden.”
LaRosa did not mention any specific names in his blistering op-ed.
Then-President Joe Biden had famously vowed in 2021 that “If you’re ever working with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot.”
The pledge was intended to draw a sharp contrast with the first Trump administration, which many Democrats felt was loaded with abrasive people.
But Biden administration critics such as LaRosa argued that the former president failed to live up to that.
LaRosa had worked on the 2020 Biden campaign and later served as a spokesman for Jill from the start of 2021 through the end of July 2022.
Notably, during the latter part of LaRosa’s tenure, Anthony Bernal took charge as the chief of staff for the first lady.
Bernal, whom some described as Jill Biden’s “work husband,” was widely seen as one of the most powerful chiefs of staff to a first lady in US history. Many staffers accused him of bullying and being a nightmare to work for, as The Post previously reported.
Harris’ new memoir, “107 Days,” which is set to hit bookshelves Tuesday, detailed friction between her and Biden’s staff, something that was widely reported by sources at the time.
“I often learned that the president’s staff was adding fuel to negative narratives that sprang up around me,” Harris bemoaned in her book, according to a preview by the Atlantic. “One narrative that took a stubborn hold was that I had a ‘chaotic’ office and unusually high staff turnover during my first year.
“Their thinking was zero-sum: If she’s shining, he’s dimmed,” she said of her sneaky administration critics. “None of them grasped that if I did well, he did well. That given the concerns about his age, my visible success as his vice president was vital.
“It would serve as a testament to his judgment in choosing me and reassurance that if something happened, the country was in good hands,” she wrote.
After the excerpt made waves, former Biden aides anonymously trashed Harris to multiple media outlets, accusing her of not being good at her job, among other insults.
“So far, Harris isn’t bending. Not this time. She sees what I saw. What we all eventually saw. And she is standing up to them,” LaRosa said, harking back to the grief he faced for raising his concerns about the former president’s electoral viability.
Harris also claimed Joe Biden called her up shortly before her debate with President Trump in September of last year to raise concerns about rumors he heard that she was badmouthing him.
“Even after the lack of support from the White House, the debate night phone call … I felt I owed him my loyalty,” Harris reflected, according to Semafor.
LaRosa, who has been open about his misgivings with the former president and the people who surrounded him, claimed that he was told Joe Biden “has to run because she can’t.
“I hope she continues to speak with unfiltered candor about her experience,” he concluded. “Take it from this Democrat. She’ll sleep better at night.”
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