Democratic Finger-Pointing Begins After Brutal Election Night

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats’ massive losses in the 2024 elections sparked a wave of finger-pointing within the party about its campaign strategy, messaging and President Joe Biden’s initial decision to seek reelection. “Campaigning billionaires and Liz Cheney instead of holding a single earned media event in front of the HQ of a corporate price gouger or campaigning side-by-side w/ populist fighters shows rot.” Justice Democrats, another progressive group aligned with the so-called “squad” House members Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Cori Bush similarly called for “a new era” in the Democratic Party and criticized Democratic leaders for cozying up to corporate America. “One is a woman of color and the other is a white man that everybody was really comfortable with, that were moderates and knew him well and had known him for decades.” And Symone Sanders, a former Biden adviser who now hosts a show on MSNBC, lamented the way Democrats pushed Biden out of the 2024 race after his bad debate with Trump earlier this summer. “It is probably not the best idea that Democrats orchestrated a very public stab-fest ― a proverbial stabbing in the front of the sitting president of the United States of America ― and then didn’t use him in the hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.” Biden did campaign in Scranton late in the race, but he had a limited role in aiding Harris’ campaign, largely due to his low approval numbers and fear of making matters even worse for the vice president.