Democrats turn on each other and blame their own party for failures after election loss

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In the wake of Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss to Donald Trump, many liberal voters and leaders in the Democratic Party have wracked their brains trying to understand what went wrong and looking for a scapegoat to blame – but some say it’s a collective problem. Political analysts, commentators and even voters have tried attributing Democrats losing both the executive and legislative branches to President Joe Biden staying in the race until July, Harris saying the wrong thing on the campaign trail, Democrats being too soft on Trump and other excuses. Given Democrats currently hold power in the presidency and Senate, that meant people rejected the “status quo.” “The Democratic Party has to recognize the challenge we have, which is, for too many millions of battleground voters, working people, they don’t think we represent them,” Schiff said. open image in gallery Political analysts, commentators and even voters have tried attributing Democrats losing both the executive and legislative branches to President Joe Biden staying in the race until July, Vice President Kamala Harris saying the wrong thing on the campaign trail, Democrats being too soft on Trump and other excuses But Harris’s campaign largely ran on policies that were similar to Biden’s – something most voters were clearly rejecting by the time she entered the race.