Following Vice President Kamala Harris’s latest media appearance with Oprah Winfrey, where her responses spun into a whirlwind of circular phrases and non-sequiturs, her communications team has announced the firing of their controversial media consultant—the Tasmanian Devil.

The decision came after weeks of growing concern from campaign staff over Harris’s increasing use of cryptic metaphors and rapid-fire sentence fragments, leaving interviewers, viewers, and even seasoned teleprompter operators in a state of bafflement.

Sources within the VP’s campaign revealed that the Tasmanian Devil, known simply as “Taz,” was initially hired to bring a more “dynamic” approach to Harris’s media presence. However, staffers quickly noticed his media guidance for Harris seems to have created endless opportunites to mock her for the infamous “word salad” and unintelligible answers she gives to questions..

“Taz brought energy to the team, for sure,” said one anonymous staffer, “but we didn’t realize that energy was just… chaos.”

Critics have since questioned whether a literal whirlwind of destruction was the best strategy for crafting public messaging. The Vice President, in a brief but equally dizzying statement, said, “The thing about communication is that communication is a thing. And when we communicate, we communicate the thing we’re communicating, you know?”

A seasoned constultant named Daffy Duck is the odds-on favorite to take over the role vacated by Taz. However, an inside source has revealed his main reson for consideration is simply because he’s a “duck of color” and doesn’t really have the skills the campaign needs to get back on track.