{"id":2366059,"date":"2024-11-08T10:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T15:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-staffers-unhappy-with-kamalas-comments-in-post-election-meeting-detached-from-the-reality-of-what-happened\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T10:11:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T15:11:40","slug":"campaign-staffers-unhappy-with-kamalas-comments-in-post-election-meeting-detached-from-the-reality-of-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-staffers-unhappy-with-kamalas-comments-in-post-election-meeting-detached-from-the-reality-of-what-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign Staffers Unhappy with Kamala\u2019s Comments in Post-Election Meeting: &#8216;Detached from the Reality of What Happened&#8217;"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fcampaign-staffers-unhappy-with-kamalas-comments-in-post-election-meeting-detached-from-the-reality-of-what-happened%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=2366059&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 passage discusses the\u200b aftermath of Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s \u2064campaign following\u200c President Joe Biden&#8217;s exit from the race for re-election.\u200c It criticizes \u2062Biden \u2063for his late decision to drop out, suggesting that\u2063 an\u2063 earlier exit might have benefited the party. Supporters of Harris blame her\u200d team for \u2062being elitist and \u2063not engaging adequately with Democratic party leaders, \u200dleading to campaign failures. Within the campaign, there is\u200d frustration over leadership decisions and \u2063a perceived disconnect from \u200bthe realities\u2062 of\u200b the political landscape. Some believe that if Harris\u200d had reached out \u2062to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hit-by-desantis-and-iowa-gov-reynolds-amid-fallout-from-abortion-comments\/\" title=\"Trump faces backlash from DeSantis and Iowa Gov. Reynolds over abortion remarks.\">broader voter base<\/a>, her campaign could have fared better. the article describes \u200ba divide within the Democratic \u200ccamp,\u200c with feelings\u2064 of resentment and blame directed towards both Biden and Harris&#8217;s\u200d campaign team for their roles in the\u200d electoral challenges \u2062faced.  <\/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><em>Oh, somewhere in Democrat-land the sun is shining bright; candidates are flush with victory won on election night; Somewhere campaign scars are fading after a long and brutal bout; but not in Biden-town or Harris-ville after Kamala has struck out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One thread of criticism the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris levels at President Joe Biden, who after a June debate disaster dropped his bid for re-election in July, is his late exit from the race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The biggest onus of this loss is on President Biden,&rdquo; said Andrew Yang, a Harris supporter who sought the 2020 Democratic nomination, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-harris-campaign-points-blame-biden-democratic-party-slips-disarray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>. &ldquo;If he had stepped down in January instead of July, we may be in a very different place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Others said Harris owns the moves that led to her destruction, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kamala-harris-blame-democrats-2024-election-trump-biden-1981865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Democratic Chair and former congressman Bob Brady said Harris&rsquo;s staffers were &ldquo; just elitist and went out there, did their own thing and didn&rsquo;t include Democratic city committee or (ward leaders) or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">committee people<\/a>. They just didn&rsquo;t do it.&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>Some within the campaign think those leading it have no clue what went wrong, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/08\/kamala-harris-biden-advisers-blame-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, citing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/unfathomably-painful-kamala-harriss-campaign-suffering-meltdown-reality-settles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memo to staff<\/a> that said the race was very close.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People are depressed and frustrated about the overconfident leadership of the campaign,&rdquo; said a staffer, who was not named by Axios.<\/p>\n<p>Another staff member said there was dissonance in a Thursday night all-staff call during which Harris campaign manager Jen O&rsquo;Malley Dillon was reportedly in tears and Harris said, &ldquo;Yeah, this sucks &hellip; There&rsquo;s also so much good that has come of this&rdquo; campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was detached from the reality of what happened,&rdquo; a staffer Axios did not name said. &ldquo;We are told the fate of democracy is at stake, and then the message was, &lsquo;We&rsquo;ll get them next time.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But others pointed at Biden and the timing of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-beams-makes-first-public-comments-since-trumps-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exit<\/a>. Harris aide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-kamala-harris-adviser-deletes-x-account-vague-post-sparks-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Plouffe<\/a> posted on X that Harris had &ldquo;dug out of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-kamala-harris-adviser-deletes-his-x-account-after-vague-post-sparks-controversy\/\" title=\"Top Kamala Harris Adviser Deletes His X Account After Vague Post Sparks Controversy\">deep hole&#038;rdquo<\/a>; but later deleted his account.<\/p>\n<p>But from the Biden side, a staffer Axios did not name commented, &ldquo;How did you spend $1 billion and not win?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Resentment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-harris-campaign-points-blame-biden-democratic-party-slips-disarray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recriminations<\/a> include the role some think Biden should have played.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Harris team benched [Biden], and then they lost, so now the people who represent Biden are saying, &lsquo;Maybe you shouldn&rsquo;t have benched him,&#8217;&rdquo; a Biden backer Axios did not name said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everyone who destroyed Biden and pushed him out got the race they demanded,&rdquo; a Democratic state committee member in Pennsylvania said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7173550\/how-kamala-harris-lost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time<\/a>. &ldquo;There was a choice: The only person that ever beat Trump or a gigantic unknown.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Others said Harris simply ran a bad campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She let the GOP define her,&rdquo; a senior Democratic operative said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She could have left the convention and tried to reach out to voters from across the political spectrum, but she and [running mate Tim] Walz went inexplicably into hiding and didn&rsquo;t do interviews for weeks,&rdquo; the source said.<\/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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Critics within Harris&#8217;s camp blame President Biden for his late withdrawal from the race, suggesting that an earlier exit could have changed the outcome. Some believe Harris&#8217;s team failed to engage with local Democratic leaders effectively. Frustration grows among staff over perceived overconfidence in leadership, with reports of emotional moments during team calls. While some point fingers at Biden for not being more involved, others argue that Harris ran a poor campaign by allowing her opponents to define her and failing to connect with voters across the political spectrum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2366060,"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-5.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4087,32438,9040],"class_list":["post-2366059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign","tag-kamala-harris","tag-staffers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kamala-Harris-5.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366059","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=2366059"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366063,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366059\/revisions\/2366063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}