WH: Veep peeps jumping ship ‘natural’

White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Thursday that a staff exodus from Vice President Kamala Harris’ press office was “natural” and “a very positive thing” — and at one point said that top executivebranch staffers may also leave because they just want “to sleep more.”

Psaki denied that there’s a housecleaning underway amid abysmal polling for Harris and mass disgruntlement among her staff after reports on the latest in a trio of high-profile staff departures.

“Working in the first year of a White House is exciting and rewarding but it’s also grueling and exhausting,” Psaki said.

The Harris aides leaving include chief spokeswoman Symone Sanders, director of press operations Peter Velz and Deputy Director of Public Engagement Vince Evans. Harris Communications Director Ashley Etienne also recently departed.

When pressed on whether main White House aides also would begin jumping ship, Psaki gave an answer intended to forestall any future blow to President Biden.

“In my experience, it is a normal course of events that people are ready to do something new,” she said. “They’re ready to spend time with their families, they’re ready to sleep more. And that is to be expected in the first year, 18 months, two years of any White House.”