They say his advancing age, questions over his mental acuity and deep unpopularity put Democrats at a huge disadvantage. According to reports from Politico<\/a>, Democrats are livid that they were forced to embrace a candidate who voters had made clear they did not want \u2014 and then stayed in the race long after it was clear he couldn\u2019t win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe shouldn\u2019t have run,\u201d said Jim Manley, a top aide to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid<\/a>. \u201cThis is no time to pull punches or be concerned about anyone\u2019s feelings. He and his staff have done an enormous amount of damage to this country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n \u201cHe\u2019s a good man who can be proud of his accomplishments. But his legacy is in tatters,\u201d Manley said. \u201cThe country is headed in a very dangerous direction and it\u2019s due in part to his arrogance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \u201cShe ran an extraordinary campaign with a very tough hand that was handed to her,\u201d Mark Longabaugh, a Democratic strategist and former adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), said of Harris. \u201cThe truth of the matter is, Biden should have stepped aside earlier and let the party put together a longer game plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere was a Biden weariness,\u201d James Zogby, a three-decade veteran of the Democratic National Committee, said of the shift among the electorate in recent years. \u201cAnd he hung on too long.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Senior Harris campaign advisor David Plouffe also seemingly blamed Biden for Kamala’s poor Election Day performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In what many perceived as a swipe at Biden, Plouffe wrote on X: \u201cWe dug out of a deep hole but not enough. A devastating loss.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plouffe dismantled his X account late Wednesday after receiving backlash for his remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Fox News White House senior correspondent Jacqui Heinrich one source<\/a> in the Biden camp branded Plouffe a \u201csanctimonious ass\u201d and another told her the tweet was \u201cunproductive\u201d \u2013 adding: \u201cJoe Biden is the President of the United States and won without [Plouffe]. He successfully beat Donald Trump \u2013 something [Plouffe] never did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Capture-Joe-Biden-9-YT-Biden-Harris-768x435-1.webp\")
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