{"id":2367401,"date":"2024-11-11T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-surrogate-turns-against-the-campaign-a-lot-of-us-were-misled\/"},"modified":"2024-11-11T16:38:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T21:38:52","slug":"kamala-harris-surrogate-turns-against-the-campaign-a-lot-of-us-were-misled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-surrogate-turns-against-the-campaign-a-lot-of-us-were-misled\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Surrogate Turns Against the Campaign: &#8216;A Lot of Us Were Misled&#8217;"},"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\">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%2Fkamala-harris-surrogate-turns-against-the-campaign-a-lot-of-us-were-misled%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=2367401&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>In a recent interview, Lindy Li, a member\u200c of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and a fundraiser for Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign, expressed her frustration over \u2062the campaign&#8217;s\u200c disappointing outcome. She criticized President\u200d Joe Biden for endorsing Harris shortly after he withdrew from \u200dthe race, interpreting it as a dismissive act towards the party. Li blamed both the Biden and Harris camps for their lack \u2064of unity and communication throughout the campaign, describing it as filled with backstabbing and poor strategy. She voiced her \u2063dismay over\u2064 the campaign&#8217;s \u200dsignificant debt, asserting \u2064that many donors, including herself, felt misled about Harris&#8217;s chances of winning. <\/p>\n<p>Li noted a perceived\u200d lack of enthusiasm from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-dean-phillips-thinking-about-2024-run-to-challenge-joe-biden\/\" title=\"Rep. Dean Phillips considering 2024 bid against Joe Biden.\">key party figures<\/a>, such\u200b as Barack Obama, who waited days to endorse Harris, which, according to\u200b her, reflected\u200c poorly on the \u2063campaign&#8217;s prospects. Additionally, she\u200c questioned the decision to select Minnesota Governor \u2062Tim Walz as Harris&#8217;s running mate and suggested that had Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro been chosen instead, \u2062they might have achieved a different outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Li concluded that\u200d the campaign was a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-nobel-prize-winner-signs-letter-with-1600-scientists-declaring-climate-emergency-a-myth\/\" title=\"Second Nobel laureate joins 1,600 scientists in dismissing climate &#039;emergency&#039; as a myth.\">billion-dollar disaster<\/a>&#8221; and urged Democrats to engage in serious introspection to \u200dunderstand electoral failures and better prepare for future elections, particularly in light of the shifting political dynamics favoring\u2064 Republicans\u200c among working-class \u2063and minority voters.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Democratic National Committee member is irate at the humiliating end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">billion-dollar campaign waged<\/a> by Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>DNC National Finance Committee member and Harris campaign fundraiser Lindy Li said there was blame to go around, from President Joe Biden to members of the Harris campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I actually think President Biden, the whole endorsing her 30 minutes after he dropped out, I think that was a big, &lsquo;F you&rsquo; to the party. &lsquo;If you don&rsquo;t want me, here&rsquo;s somebody you may not like, deal with it,&rsquo; you know?&rdquo; Li said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3alzdNWoylQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saturday interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kind of like sticking it to the man,&rdquo; she elaborated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VP Harris' 'coronation' was an 'epic disaster,' says DNC official\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3alzdNWoylQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\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>Li said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-vs-sand-joes-decline-appears-getting-worse-beach-walk-jill-goes-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> and Harris camps were divided even before Biden abandoned the race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The relationship was terrible even before the campaign,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It was backstabbing, they wanted to hand her the least favorable agenda &hellip; she was stuck with immigration, civil rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Li noted that as a donor, she is not part of either the Biden or Harris camps.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not beholden to anyone; that&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m here telling the truth,&rdquo; she said. &nbsp;&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not here to gaslight anybody, this is just the truth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Li said she was irked that the campaign ended up deeply in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-urges-gop-pay-off-harris-campaigns-debts-name-unity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re $20 million or $18 million in debt. It&rsquo;s incredible, and I raised millions of that. I have friends I have to be accountable to and to explain what happened because I told them it was a margin-of-error race,&rdquo; she lamented.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was promised&hellip; Jen O&rsquo;Malley Dillon promised all of us that Harris would win,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;She even put videos out saying that Harris would win.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believed her, my donors believed her, and so they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-official-takes-gloves-off-on-party-blasts-1-billion-disaster-campaign-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"DNC official takes gloves off on party, blasts \u2018 billion disaster\u2019 campaign - Washington Examiner\">wrote massive checks<\/a>. I feel like a lot of us were misled.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Li noted that as late as election night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-kamala-harris-adviser-deletes-x-account-vague-post-sparks-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris staffers<\/a> projected confidence and spoke of winning deep-red Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t seeing any basis for that level of confidence,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Li noted that there was perceived lack of enthusiasm for Harris on the part of former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to point out they waited three days &ndash; Michelle and Barack Obama waited three days to endorse Kamala Harris,&rdquo; Li said. &ldquo;It was the silence heard round the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Li summarized: &ldquo;The truth is this is just an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/financial-report-reveals-disneys-indiana-jones-sequel-was-epic-disaster\/\" title=\"Disney&#039;s &#039;Indiana Jones&#039; Sequel Disappoints in Financial Report\">epic disaster<\/a>, this is a $1 billion disaster.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On election night, Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/1854052736641212687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a> that Li believed the campaign went awry with the naming of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Harris&rsquo;s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People are wondering tonight what would have happened had Shapiro been on the ticket. And not only in terms of Pennsylvania. He&rsquo;s a famously a moderate. So that would have signaled to the American people that she is not the San Francisco liberal that Trump said she was, but she went with someone actually to her left Minnesota&hellip;.In the eyes of the American people, Walz was the governor who oversaw the protests,&rdquo; Li said, speaking about Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro who was not selected by Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Li said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lindyli\/status\/1855270439964315806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a> that &nbsp;Democrats have some work to do.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats need to engage in serious introspection if we ever want to win again. Trump has solidified a generational realignment of the electorate, winning over the working class and minorities,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/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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Lindy Li, a DNC National Finance Committee member and fundraiser for Harris, expressed that blame should be shared among President Joe Biden and the Harris campaign team. She criticized Biden for endorsing Harris shortly after he exited the race, suggesting it was a dismissive move towards the party. Li described the relationship between Biden and Harris as troubled even before his withdrawal, citing backstabbing and an unfavorable agenda imposed on her campaign. As a donor not aligned with either camp, she felt compelled to speak out about her frustrations regarding their significant debt at the end of the campaign. Li lamented being misled by promises from campaign leaders about their chances of winning, noting that even on election night there was unwarranted confidence among staffers. She also pointed out that Barack and Michelle Obama delayed their endorsement of Harris, which she interpreted as telling silence. Ultimately, she characterized the situation as a monumental failure costing $1 billion and emphasized that Democrats need to reflect seriously if they hope to succeed in future elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2367402,"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\/li.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4087,32438,17033,5894,23843],"class_list":["post-2367401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign","tag-kamala-harris","tag-misled","tag-politics","tag-surrogate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/li.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367401","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=2367401"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367405,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367401\/revisions\/2367405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}