{"id":2365348,"date":"2024-11-06T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unfathomably-painful-kamala-harriss-campaign-suffering-meltdown-as-reality-settles-in\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T20:31:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:31:32","slug":"unfathomably-painful-kamala-harriss-campaign-suffering-meltdown-as-reality-settles-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unfathomably-painful-kamala-harriss-campaign-suffering-meltdown-as-reality-settles-in\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Unfathomably Painful&#8217;: Kamala Harris&#8217;s Campaign Suffering Meltdown as Reality Settles in"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Funfathomably-painful-kamala-harriss-campaign-suffering-meltdown-as-reality-settles-in%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=2365348&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 text discusses the aftermath of Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-uses-executive-order-to-crack-down-on-soros-funded-prosecutor-over-dereliction-of-duty\/\" title=\"DeSantis takes action against Soros-backed prosecutor for &#039;neglecting responsibilities&#039; through executive order.\">unsuccessful\u200b presidential campaign<\/a>. In a memo\u200b to \u200bcampaign staff, her campaign chief,\u200c Jen O&#8217;Malley Dillon, expressed the deep pain of losing and emphasized that recovery would\u200c take time. She\u2062 indicated that Harris and her \u2062supporters would play a significant role in an anti-Trump movement moving forward, mentioning the importance of a peaceful transfer of power, \u200ccontrasting it \u2062with the events of January\u200b 6, 2021.\u2064 Dillon noted the campaign&#8217;s efforts \u2063and \u2063achievements despite its \u2063defeat, attributing \u2063the loss to &#8220;unprecedented headwinds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The memo praised the campaign for its organization and ability to mitigate losses in battleground \u2064states compared\u2064 to \u200cnational \u2063trends. \u2062However, it also highlighted\u2064 deficiencies in\u200b the\u2064 campaign&#8217;s messaging, particularly a focus on criticizing Trump rather than presenting a compelling vision for why Harris would \u2064be the better choice. Commentators have suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">cultural issues overshadowed traditional economic concerns<\/a>, hampering\u200c the \u2063campaign&#8217;s \u2062effectiveness and contributing to its downfall. The\u200b overall sentiment reflects the challenges \u200cfaced\u2063 by \u2063Harris during the election and the \u200cimplications for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roy-for-house-gop-if-we-stand-up-and-fight-we-win\/\" title=\"Roy: Victory is ours if we stand up and fight, House GOP\">future political strategies<\/a>.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>With a dig at President-elect Donald Trump, the chief of Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s failed campaign d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-sidney-powell-releases-statement-to-we-the-people-on-her-trump-election-legal-efforts-it-will-be-epic\/\" title=\"New: Sidney Powell Releases Statement to &quot;We the People&quot; on Her Trump Election Legal Efforts (&quot;It Will Be Epic&quot;)\">campaign&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s pain at being resoundingly defeated in Tuesday&rsquo;s election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll leave you with this: losing is unfathomably painful. It is hard,&rdquo; Harris campaign chief Jen O&rsquo;Malley Dillon said in a memo to campaign workers, telling them, &ldquo;This will take a long time to process,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kamala-harris-concedes-election-trump-statement-1981641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dillon vowed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-finally-contacts-trump-12-hours-race-called\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> and her supporters will be the nucleus of an anti-Trump movement, writing, &ldquo;the work of protecting America from the impacts of a Trump Presidency starts now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know the Vice President isn&rsquo;t finished in this fight, and I know the very people on this  are also going to be leaders in this collective mission,&rdquo; Dillon wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The memo said there would be a peaceful transfer of power, &ldquo;unlike what we saw in 2020,&rdquo; in a jab at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blue-wall-fallen-trump-adds-victory-wins-back-states-democrats-desperately-needed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, who Democrats have falsely claimed instigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion and who was charged by a Biden administration Justice Department with election interference for pushing back against the election&rsquo;s results.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere. Dillon praised the campaign for doing everything right except winning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You built a first-rate, historic Presidential campaign in basically 90 days. You navigated things that no one has ever had to navigate, and likely no one will ever have to again,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Dillon said the campaign was not responsible for Harris being walloped, but cited &ldquo;unprecedented headwinds and obstacles that were largely out of our control.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dillon noted that success could be measured by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/priceless-clip-jake-tapper-learns-air-kamala-didnt-better-joe-biden-single-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">losing less<\/a> in places where it focused resources.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We knew this would be a margin of error race, and it was. And, your work mattered: the whole country moved to the right, but compared to the rest of the country, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">battleground states<\/a> saw the least amount of movement in his direction. It was closest in the places we competed. That speaks to both the work you did, and the scale of the challenge we ultimately couldn&rsquo;t surmount,&rdquo; the memo said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kamala Harris ran on abortion. Her entire campaign was about giving people the ability to poison or dismember fully developed babies on demand, up to birth.<\/p>\n<p>Looks like America isn&rsquo;t as pro-abortion as she thought.<\/p>\n<p>Babies deserve to live.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna Lulis (@annamlulis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annamlulis\/status\/1854071373179519325?\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Writing in <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2024\/11\/06\/kamala-harris-loss-us-election-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Policy<\/a>, Michael Hirsh noted that the campaign failed to get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Harris failed to close the deal rhetorically. In an unfortunate echo of Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s loss in 2016, Harris spent far too much time trying to argue that Trump was unfit for the presidency and too little time delivering a coherent message about why she would be better,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The political landscape had shifted in ways the Harris campaign didn&rsquo;t really understand, with cultural issues playing a much bigger role than they had in a long time &mdash; even possibly trumping economic issues,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Put another way, the takeover of the Democratic Party by progressive, so-called woke issues was devastating to Harris&rsquo;s campaign, especially as Trump and the Republicans successfully painted her as an unreconstructed left-winger.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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She stated, &#8220;Losing is incredibly painful and difficult,&#8221; and emphasized that it would take time to process this loss. Dillon pledged that Harris and her supporters would lead an anti-Trump movement, asserting that efforts to safeguard America from a Trump presidency would begin immediately. She acknowledged the challenges faced by the campaign but highlighted their achievements despite not winning. Dillon noted that while they lost overall, they performed better in battleground states compared to national trends. Additionally, she pointed out that cultural issues had become more significant than economic ones during the election cycle, which impacted Harris&#8217;s messaging and strategy negatively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2365349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kamala-Harris-campaign-meltdown.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,44520,32438,32603],"class_list":["post-2365348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-campaign-meltdown","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kamala-Harris-campaign-meltdown.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365348","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365352,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365348\/revisions\/2365352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}