Furious party says it's Joe Biden and Tim Walz's fault Kamala Harris lost
By Nic White
The bickering over who was to blame for Kamala Harris' defeat at the presidential election began in earnest even before the result was declared.
Democrats blamed Tim Walz for being too left wing, too folksy, and too tainted by the Kenosha riots, while others blamed every demographic possible.
Not enough white women showed up, too many black men switched to Donald Trump since 2020, and Hispanic voters abandoned the party
Media analysts also speculated Joe Biden should have pulled the plug on his candidacy well before his disastrous debate performance.
This would have either given Harris more time to establish herself, or allowed for an open primary to select a stronger candidate, they argued.
The bickering over who was to blame for Kamala Harris' defeat at the presidential election began in earnest even before the result was declared
Then many on the left claimed Harris refusing to break with Biden's support for sending weapons to Israel cost her voters who either stayed home, or supported Greens candidate Jill Stein.
The Israel argument started on social media almost as soon as Harris became the nominee, firstly as a reason not to pick Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, as her running mate.
Former Democratic National Committee official Lindy Li by contrast argued picking Shapiro could have got Harris over the line.
'People are wondering tonight what would have happened had Shapiro been on the ticket. And not only in terms of Pennsylvania,' she told Fox News.
Li, who worked for Shapiro last year, argued that choosing a moderate like Shapiro would have shown Harris wasn't the 'San Francisco liberal' Trump claimed she was.
'But she went with someone actually to her Left. In the eyes of the American people, Walz was the governor who oversaw the protests,' she said.
Some Democrats and commentators - and many more on social media - blamed white women for helping cost Harris the election
Some Democrats blamed VP candidate Tim Walz for being too left wing, too folksy, and too tainted by the 2020 Kenosha riots
Walz, the governor of Minnesota, was in office during Black Lives Matter riots after police shot dead Jacob Blake in August 2020.
MSNBC commentator Joy Reid blamed white women for not showing up to the polls in the large numbers they were expected to.
'In the end, they didn't make their numbers. We have to be blunt about why, black voters came through for Harris, white women voters did not,' she claimed.
However, black voters - particularly men - also moved to Trump compared to 2020 numbers, according to exit polls at each election.
Trump had about 13 per cent of black voters, compared to just eight per cent in 2020, and his Hispanic support rose from 32 to 45 per cent.
MSNBC commentator Joy Reid blamed white women for not showing up to the polls in the large numbers they were expected to
Others speculated that if Joe Biden had pulled the plug on his candidacy well before his disastrous debate performance (pictured) Democrats would have had a much better chance
NBC Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker suggested it was Biden's fault as he should have dropped out much earlier than July.
She said during election night coverage that Biden's timing would be 'something that if she does, in fact, lose will be under a microscope'.
'Because of course there was so much discussion, even over the summer, about potentially having an open primary and having that fight play out within the Democratic Party,' she said.
'So I think it's one of the big questions moving forward.
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