Joe Biden is growing more unpopular by the day. Even his own supporters are trying to tear him down.
And President Biden was stabbed in the back by top Leftists for this insane reason.
Following a stunning election night, Democrats are directing their frustrations toward President Joe Biden as they come to terms with President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive win.
For Vice President Kamala Harris, the last 100 days of her campaign were a final attempt to prevent what many Democrats saw as inevitable—a loss, had Biden remained at the top of the ticket. After a difficult debate filled with stumbles that underscored his age, the 81-year-old Biden reluctantly stepped aside and endorsed Harris. However, insiders are expressing frustration, believing that valuable time was lost to effectively rally against Trump.
The consensus among Democrats is clear: Biden should never have pursued a second term. “He had no business running again,” said Iowa Democrat and Oskaloosa City Councilman Charlie Comfort. “I blame him for giving us another four years of Trump because he chose to be selfish and egotistical. His legacy is severely tarnished in my book.”
As Trump secured a stronger margin than he did in 2020, cutting short the expected days-long vote-counting process, Democrats were left examining their campaign strategy. The party struggled to reconnect with blue-collar voters who had historically been part of their base, while Harris faced skepticism from minority voters who traditionally lean Democratic.
“We are not an alternative to this, the f*ing chaos monkey,” said Democratic strategist Stefan Hankin, lamenting that the party had become “very preachy” and increasingly viewed as “elitist jacka**ses.”
Criticism also extended to Harris herself. Democrats continue to be haunted by her infamous response on The View, where she drew blank when asked if there was anything she would have done differently than Biden. But Biden remains the primary target of Democratic scrutiny, especially as the party faces the reality of potential unified Republican control in Washington.
One Democratic operative bluntly told Politico that Biden was the “singular reason” for the loss. A senior Harris campaign official echoed that sentiment to CNN, saying Biden should “hold a lot of the blame.”
Yet, some Democrats argue that anger at Biden alone won’t solve the party’s issues. Christopher Hahn, host of the Aggressive Progressive podcast, cautioned that several factors were at play, including a “global backlash against incumbents, messaging that didn’t resonate, and underestimating the movement that Trump created.”
Others pointed to Biden’s decision to run again as an initial misstep. “It’s conceivable that an earlier departure from the race, or a decision not to run for reelection in the first place, would have enabled a real primary process to unfold,” said Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University.
Biden, however, maintains that he could have won if he had stayed in the race, attributing his decision to his desire to avoid risking Democratic control of Congress. “You always think you could’ve won,” he told reporters. “But it would’ve been close.”
Despite a slight polling boost when Harris entered the race, she ultimately fell short, with Trump set to win all seven battleground states along with the popular vote.
The vice president faced the challenge of distancing herself from Biden’s more controversial policies, especially on issues like immigration and the economy, while still campaigning on his administration’s accomplishments.
“Harris was always walking a tightrope between stepping out of Biden’s shadow and distancing herself from his administration’s policies while not appearing to be disloyal,” Panagopoulos explained. “It was a difficult balancing act.”
Biden’s withdrawal was applauded by Democrats frustrated with his high-profile gaffes in the campaign’s final stretch.
As he campaigned for Harris, he described Trump as someone who should be locked up “politically” and labeled Trump supporters as “garbage,” comments that overshadowed Harris’s efforts to reach broader audiences.
Still, Hankin cautioned that focusing solely on Biden or Harris misses the point.
“We’re still doing the same things, using the same people, taking the same approaches, just expecting the ability to go back in time and recreate the Obama coalition,” he said. “That ship has sailed.”
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