“The blame game has begun” among Democrats after Kamala Harris’ defeat
The dust is settling, one day after Donald Trump’s clear victory in the presidential election, and it is time for members of the Democratic Party, openly or anonymously, to look for the culprit of this defeat. “The blame game has begun”euphemism on Fox News Lindy Li, one of those responsible for the Democratic campaign in Pennsylvania.
The first culprits are the candidate herself and her campaign team, who never knew it, according to Democratic strategists interviewed by The Hill, “offer a coherent economic message” when it was one of the main concerns of voters.
“’How can they lose so much?’, one of them asks bluntly. “For weeks we were told it would be tight and, in the end, there was no photo.” »
Read also |
“How can you spend a billion dollars and not win?”asks a former advisor to Joe Biden, quoted by a CNN journalist, for whom Kamala Harris’ campaign not only broke campaign donation records but also had the support of a long list of celebrities, from Taylor Swift to Beyoncé, than not having the expected electoral impact.
Amid the avalanche of recriminations, members of his staff asked for leniency for a candidate who was only going to be a running mate and who was only able to campaign for three months. “Do you know how difficult it is to disembark and try to change the course of a liner in less than a hundred days? I don’t think people realize the complexity of the task. “There was no precedent.”one of them told The Hill.
Read also |
The other name that comes up again and again, when considering the defeat, is that of Joe Biden, the outgoing president, who took too long to withdraw his candidacy. “Democratic officials are furious that they were forced to support a candidate that voters clearly did not want and who remained in the race despite having no chance of winning”writing politicalwho then quotes Jim Manley, a former top party official in the Senate.
“He should never have shown up. Now is not the time to hold back or be afraid of causing pain. He and his team have deeply damaged this country. »
Read also |
Finally, it is the political objectives of the campaign that are questioned. Why, after a golden era post-Democratic convention, has he focused on a centrist message to the point of wanting to convince Republican voters more than his own base?
Senator Bernie Sanders was the first to make this accusation, which was echoed by other officials. “Instead of saying, ‘How can they vote for Donald Trump,’ we should ask, ‘Why did they vote for Donald Trump?’ What good did he propose and what did we do wrong?” »asks, for example, Tom Suozzi, an elected official from the state of New York, quoted by Axios. “The Democratic Party has a big problem with the worker vote. “It started ten years ago with white voters, now it has crossed racial lines.”says a Democratic representative of the House of Representatives.
Read also |
For some, it is the end of an era: that of Barack Obama, very involved in the campaign, and the advisors and consultants who have accompanied him since his first presidential campaign. “This team, it’s time for them to retire. “We need a new strategy”said a Democratic politician close to Biden’s camp, quoted by NBC.
“The era of Obama and his little geniuses is over. They are abandoned. They are out of touch with the reality of the average American. The Democratic Party is out of touch. »
Read also |
