Symone D. Sanders Townsend is an American political strategist and political commentator who hosts MSNBC's The Weekend. She served as national press secretary for Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. She left the campaign in June 2016, following the end of the primaries. In October 2016, she was hired as a Democratic strategist and political commentator by CNN. In April 2019, Sanders joined the 2020 presidential campaign of former vice president Joe Biden as a senior advisor, and after Biden won election, was named chief spokesperson and a senior advisor for Vice President Kamala Harris.