{"id":2365856,"date":"2024-11-07T20:47:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T01:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-kamala-harris-adviser-deletes-his-x-account-after-vague-post-sparks-controversy\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T20:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T01:49:23","slug":"top-kamala-harris-adviser-deletes-his-x-account-after-vague-post-sparks-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-kamala-harris-adviser-deletes-his-x-account-after-vague-post-sparks-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Kamala Harris Adviser Deletes His X Account After Vague Post Sparks Controversy"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ftop-kamala-harris-adviser-deletes-his-x-account-after-vague-post-sparks-controversy%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=2365856&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>David Plouffe,\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-cut-off-corey-lewandowski-after-report-of-unwanted-sexual-advances\/\" title=\"Conservatives Cut Off Corey Lewandowski After Report Of Unwanted Sexual Advances\">senior campaign advisor<\/a> for Kamala Harris, recently deleted his account on X\u200d (formerly Twitter) \u2064after posting comments that seemingly criticized President Joe Biden&#8217;s role in her campaign&#8217;s \u200dstruggles. Plouffe, who was instrumental\u200d in Barack Obama&#8217;s 2008 presidential campaign\u2062 and later \u200bserved as a\u200b senior advisor in the Obama\u2062 White House, had joined Harris&#8217;s campaign after Biden exited. In his now-deleted post, he \u200bnoted the hard work of the campaign staff but referred to their efforts as a recovery \u2064from a &#8220;deep hole&#8221; followed by a &#8220;devastating loss.&#8221; This comment received backlash\u200d from the public and sparked a wave of engagement before Plouffe\u200c deleted \u200bhis \u200caccount the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Polls had indicated a competitive race, with Harris \u2064tied \u2062with Donald Trump shortly before election day, but\u200c ultimately Trump won decisively in \u200dall key swing \u2062states. Plouffe \u2064had \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fcc-commissioner-shoots-down-claim-the-federal-government-can-block-musks-twitter-purchase\/\" title=\"FCC Commissioner Shoots Down Claim the Federal Government Can Block Musk\u2019s Twitter Purchase\">previously expressed optimism<\/a> about Harris&#8217;s chances of winning those states\u2062 based on early voting data. \u2064His comments reflect both the challenges within her \u2063campaign \u200band the tensions that can arise between allies\u2062 in\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">high-stakes\u2064 political contexts<\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris&rsquo; senior campaign advisor David Plouffe deleted his account on X after making a post appearing to suggest that President Joe Biden was the reason the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ucla-student-government-passes-stipend-to-compensate-undocumented-students\/\" title=\"UCLA Student Government Passes Stipend To Compensate Undocumented Students\">vice president lost<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Plouffe made a name for himself in 2008 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obama.org\/about\/leadership\/david-plouffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">managing<\/a> Democrat Barack Obama&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-d-vance-to-appear-with-ron-desantis-at-turning-point-action-rally-in-ohio\/\" title=\"J.D. Vance to Appear With Ron DeSantis at Turning Point Action Rally in Ohio\">successful presidential campaign<\/a> with Biden as his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Plouffe then became a senior advisor in the Obama White House and now serves on the Obama Foundation board.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/unfathomably-painful-kamala-harriss-campaign-suffering-meltdown-reality-settles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> brought him in to help advise her campaign after Biden left the race in July.<\/p>\n<p>In a now-deleted Wednesday post on X, Plouffe wrote, &ldquo;It was a privilege to spend the last 100 days with [Kamala Harris] and the amazing staff led by [Jennifer O&rsquo;Malley Dillon] who left it all on the field for their country.&rdquo;<\/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>&ldquo;We dug out of a deep hole but not enough,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;A devastating loss. Thanks for being in the arena, all of you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Harris campaign advisor David Plouffe appears to delete his X account after taking a dig at Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We dug out of a deep hole but not enough. A devastating loss.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tTtH5fJmyF\">pic.twitter.com\/tTtH5fJmyF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Julianna Frieman (@JuliannaFrieman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliannaFrieman\/status\/1854527397606863211?\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Real Clear Politics average of polls had Republican Donald Trump ahead of Biden by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3.1 percent<\/a> when the Democrat left the race on July 21.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flood-final-polls-released-history-holds-true-almost-good-news-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tied<\/a> with Trump in the RCP average at 48.5 percent the day before Tuesday&rsquo;s election, so the campaign had made up ground, but Plouffe&rsquo;s description of having to dig out of a &ldquo;deep hole&rdquo; apparently did not sit well with many.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/4978637-harris-plouffe-biden-trump-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a> reported, &ldquo;Plouffe&rsquo;s post was hit with swift backlash, with screenshots showing the comments sparking hundreds of [replies] and engagements.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>By 10 a.m. ET on Thursday his account had been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidplouffe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deleted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Plouffe had asserted during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nervous-worried-cnn-host-makes-opinion-kamalas-chances-clear-election-day-approaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> interview on Monday that Harris could win all seven swing states over Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And, you know, just a couple hours ago, reviewing all the early vote data, what we&rsquo;re projecting for Election Day, how we think undecideds are breaking, we have a credible pathway to all seven states tomorrow night to go into Kamala Harris&rsquo;s column,&rdquo; Plouffe told CNN&rsquo;s Erin Burnett.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But we believe they&rsquo;re all going to be close,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Things aren&rsquo;t going well with the Democrats!<br \/> David Plouffe, who was the architect of the Kamala Harris campaign&hellip;just deleted his X account!<br \/> LMAO!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fbPpTTH6g2\">pic.twitter.com\/fbPpTTH6g2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barry Cunningham (@barrycunningham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barrycunningham\/status\/1854545456044347734?\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump in fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-became-official-trump-swept-major-swing-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won all seven swing states<\/a> and the presidency convincingly.<\/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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Plouffe gained recognition in 2008 for managing Barack Obama&#8217;s successful presidential campaign with Biden as his running mate. He later served as a senior advisor in the Obama administration and is currently on the board of the Obama Foundation. After Biden exited the race in July, Harris enlisted Plouffe&#8217;s help for her campaign. In a now-deleted post on Wednesday, he expressed gratitude for working with Harris and her team but noted they had &#8220;dug out of a deep hole&#8221; yet still faced &#8220;a devastating loss.&#8221; His comments drew significant backlash online before he removed his account by Thursday morning. Despite earlier optimism about winning swing states, Trump ultimately secured all seven swing states and won the presidency decisively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2365857,"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\/David-Plouffe.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4205,6733,32438,32364,44585],"class_list":["post-2365856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-adviser","tag-controversy","tag-kamala-harris","tag-social-media","tag-x-account"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/David-Plouffe.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365856","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=2365856"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365860,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365856\/revisions\/2365860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}