{"id":2365268,"date":"2024-11-06T17:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T22:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-fume-at-biden-after-crushing-harris-defeat-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T17:51:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T22:51:19","slug":"democrats-fume-at-biden-after-crushing-harris-defeat-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-fume-at-biden-after-crushing-harris-defeat-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats fume at Biden after crushing Harris defeat &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-fume-at-biden-after-crushing-harris-defeat-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2365268&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the backlash from Democrats \u200cfollowing \u200bVice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s defeat in the presidential race \u200cagainst Donald Trump. Many party members\u2062 are\u2063 blaming President Joe Biden \u2062for the loss, as they believe his decision \u200cto\u2063 run for a second \u200dterm contributed to a lackluster campaign.\u2064 Biden&#8217;s\u200b exit from the\u200c race \u2062led to Harris&#8217;s last-minute candidacy, which some insiders \u2063view as a missed \u2062opportunity to prepare adequately \u2064against Trump.\u200b Critics, including Democratic strategist Stefan Hankin,\u200b argue that\u2062 the\u200b party has\u200b become disconnected from its traditional blue-collar base and is \u2063perceived as \u2062elitist. <\/p>\n<p>Biden faces significant\u2063 scrutiny for not stepping aside sooner,\u2063 with some Democrats suggesting that an \u2064earlier withdrawal\u200d might have allowed \u200dfor \u2062a more \u2062vigorous primary\u2063 and campaign. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-detained-as-person-of-interest-in-rape-of-13-year-old-girl-at-park\/\" title=\"Undocumented Immigrant Held as Suspect in Assault of Teen at Park\">article highlights concerns<\/a> over how\u200b economic\u200b issues and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">anti-incumbent sentiment played<\/a> a role \u200cin the election outcome. Harris&#8217;s attempts to distance herself from Biden, who struggled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenomics-why-biden-gets-poor-ratings-on-the-economy-despite-improving-numbers\/\" title=\"Bidenomics: Despite economic progress, Biden&#039;s low ratings persist.\">low\u200b approval ratings<\/a>, did not resonate with voters, resulting in a \u2063significant loss. Despite the criticism, \u200dBiden \u200dmaintains that he could have\u2062 won had he remained in the \u2062race, but\u200d ultimately believes his decision was \u200bin the party&#8217;s best interest.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats fume at Biden after crushing Harris defeat<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1875137\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democrats are pointing their fingers squarely at President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> as they grapple with President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s decisive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/electoral-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">electoral<\/a> victory on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> 100-day campaign for president amounted to a last-ditch effort to salvage what Democrats thought was a sure defeat if Biden stayed in the presidential race. He had fumbled spectacularly at his debate, reinforcing his age to voters with repeated verbal stumbles.<\/p>\n<p>Under pressure, Biden eventually dropped out of the race, endorsing Harris to replace him on the Democratic ticket. But, party insiders are fuming at what they see as lost time to mount a proper campaign against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>More commonly, Democrats complained that Biden, 81, should never have run for a second term in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He had no business running again,&rdquo; said Charlie Comfort, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iowa<\/a> Democrat and Oskaloosa City councilman. &ldquo;I blame him for giving us another four years of Trump because he chose to be selfish and egotistical. His legacy is severely tarnished in my book.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the conversations in the hours after Trump won the race, improving on his 2020 margins and cutting short what was expected to be a dayslong vote-counting process, was a shift in campaign strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats had struggled to connect with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-poll-shows-gop-becoming-party-of-blue-collar-workers\/\" title=\"NBC Poll Shows GOP Becoming Party Of Blue-Collar Workers\">blue-collar workers<\/a> who historically made up their voting base. She also faced growing skepticism from minority voters who traditionally vote Democratic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They don&rsquo;t want us,&rdquo; Democratic strategist Stefan Hankin said of voters, lamenting that the party had become &ldquo;very preachy&rdquo; and increasingly viewed as &ldquo;elitist jacka**ses.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are not an alternative to this, the f***ing chaos monkey,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism was also reserved for Harris. Democrats continue to be haunted by her gaffe on <em>The View<\/em>, in which she told the hosts, &ldquo;Not a thing that comes to mind&rdquo; when asked if there is anything she would have done differently than Biden as president.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden is coming under the greatest scrutiny, more than anyone else, as Democrats brace for the prospect of unified Republican control of Washington next year.<\/p>\n<p>One operative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/06\/how-bidens-vulnerabilities-led-to-a-bloodbath-for-harris-00187807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em> that Biden was the &ldquo;singular reason&rdquo; Democrats lost. A senior Harris campaign official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/election-trump-harris-11-06-24#cm362dnxk000l3b6m85dq775i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> CNN that he should &ldquo;hold a lot of the blame.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Hahn, host of the <em>Aggressive Progressive<\/em> podcast, said that anger at Biden would not &ldquo;fix what went wrong&rdquo; on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was a combination of a global backlash against incumbents, messaging that didn&rsquo;t resonate, and underestimating the movement that Trump created,&rdquo; Hahn, a former Democratic consultant, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Trump did a better job of hanging voters anxieties on Harris than she did at painting him as an extremist.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, other political observers saw a logical connection between Biden&rsquo;s actions and the outcome of the race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s conceivable that an earlier departure from the race, or a decision not to run for reelection in the first place, would have enabled a real primary process to unfold and a longer period to campaign,&rdquo; said Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the end, concerns about the economy, inflation, and immigration would have made it difficult for any Democrat in 2024, but the race could have been closer than it ultimately was,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden insists he could have won the presidential race had he remained at the top of the ticket. He withdrew, he repeatedly said, because he did not want to risk control of the House and Senate with a monthslong debate about his continued viability.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You always think you could&rsquo;ve won. If you go back and look at the numbers, we weren&rsquo;t that far behind,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/08\/19\/dnc-live-updates-coverage\/biden-gaggle-after-dnc-speech-00174928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> reporters at the August convention for Harris. &ldquo;But it would&rsquo;ve been close.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats&rsquo; numbers improved across the board in polling taken after Harris entered the presidential race, but she suffered a resounding loss anyway, with Trump on track to sweep all seven battleground states and win the popular vote.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge for Harris was separating herself from Biden, who was underwater in polling on immigration and the economy. At the same time, she campaigned on many of his accomplishments as president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Harris was always walking a tightrope between stepping out of Biden&rsquo;s shadow and distancing herself from his administration&rsquo;s policies while not appearing to be disloyal,&rdquo; said Panagopoulos. &ldquo;It was a difficult balancing act.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats felt vindicated that they had pressured Biden to step aside when he made a series of high-profile gaffes in the final weeks of the race. As he stumped for Harris, he said that Trump should be locked up &ldquo;politically.&rdquo; Days later, he called Trump voters &ldquo;garbage&rdquo; in a remark that overshadowed Harris&rsquo;s speech at the Elipse.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Hankin said that any evaluation of Harris&rsquo;s loss must also include the message, not just the messenger.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re still doing the same things, using the same people, taking the same approaches, just expecting the ability to go back in time and recreate the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Obama<\/a> coalition, and like &mdash; that ship has sailed,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1875137\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1875137\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats blame Biden for Harris&#8217;s significant loss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2365269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/biden-harris-defeat-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,3685,32438],"class_list":["post-2365268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-democrats","tag-kamala-harris"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/biden-harris-defeat-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365268"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365272,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365268\/revisions\/2365272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}