Harris staffer-turned-MSNBC host Symone Sanders has surprise DC wedding ceremony

Julia Johnson

July 17, 02:59 PM July 17, 02:59 PM

MSNBC's Symone Sanders acquired married in Washington D.C., Friday afternoon, in a shock to even some of the attendees, who considered they have been attending an engagement party.

Sanders formerly labored on President Joe Biden's marketing campaign and afterwards became the chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris, a posture she remaining in December. Her spouse, Shawn Townsend, was the former director of the D.C. Mayor's Office environment of Nightlife and Tradition.

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She and Townsend experienced been engaged for a year and had reportedly planned to tie the knot in Mexico this summertime. Nonetheless, it appears to be they altered their minds.

According to People, the two exchanged vows in entrance of about 100 close friends and spouse and children associates — quite a few of whom were not conscious they ended up at a wedding ceremony.

"To place it simply just, you are the very best man I know," Sanders said of Townsend. "I'm incredibly grateful just for every thing that you are. You have generally just been the most thorough man or woman. You are so sort. You are so loving."

CNN's Abby Phillip and MSNBC's Catherine Snyder had been noted to be in attendance. Snyder is an government producer of Sanders's plan, Symone.

Speculation has swirled about Harris's rapport with personnel as she proceeds to get rid of staffers roughly a 12 months and a 50 percent into the Biden administration.

Rohini Kosoglu, a domestic plan adviser to Harris, is departing, and Meghan Groob, Harris's director of speechwriting, was mentioned to be leaving in the hottest reporting this thirty day period on staff turnover.