Disputes over who was to blame for Kamala Harris’ defeat in the presidential election began in earnest even before the result was announced.
Democrats blamed Tim Walz for being too leftist, too folksy, and too tainted by the Kenosha riots, while others blamed every possible demographic.
Not enough white women showed up, too many Black men defected to Donald Trump since 2020, and Hispanic voters abandoned the party.
Media analysts also speculated that Joe Biden should have canceled his candidacy long before his disastrous debate performance.
They argued that this would have given Harris more time to establish herself or allowed for an open primary to select a stronger candidate.
Disputes over who was to blame for Kamala Harris’ defeat in the presidential election began in earnest even before the result was announced.
Many on the left then claimed that Harris’ refusal to break with Biden’s support for sending weapons to Israel cost her voters who stayed home or supported Greens candidate Jill Stein.
Discussion about Israel began on social media almost as soon as Harris became the nominee, first as a reason not to choose Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, as her running mate.
By contrast, Lindy Li, a former Democratic National Committee official, argued that choosing Shapiro could have pushed Harris over the line.
‘People are wondering tonight what would have happened if Shapiro had been on the ticket. And not just in terms of Pennsylvania,” he told Fox News.
Li, who worked for Shapiro last year, argued that electing a moderate like Shapiro would have shown that Harris was not the “San Francisco liberal” Trump said she was.
But it was actually with someone to his left. “In the eyes of the American people, Walz was the governor who oversaw the protests,” he said.
Some Democrats and commentators, and many more on social media, blamed white women for helping cost Harris the election.
Some Democrats blamed vice presidential candidate Tim Walz for being too leftist, too folksy and too tainted by the 2020 Kenosha riots.
Walz, the governor of Minnesota, was in office during the Black Lives Matter unrest after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in August 2020.
MSNBC commentator Joy Reid blamed white women for not showing up to the polls in the large numbers expected.
‘In the end, they didn’t make their numbers. “We have to be frank about why black voters supported Harris and white voters did not,” he said.
However, Black voters, particularly men, also leaned toward Trump compared to 2020 numbers, according to exit polls in each election.
Trump had about 13 percent of black voters, compared to just eight percent in 2020, and his Hispanic support rose from 32 to 45 percent.
MSNBC commentator Joy Reid blamed white women for not showing up to the polls in the large numbers expected.
Others speculated that if Joe Biden had canceled his candidacy long 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, since he should have retired long before July.
He said during election night coverage that Biden’s moment would be “something that, if he, in fact, loses, will be under a microscope.”
“Because, of course, there was a lot of discussion, even over the summer, about the possibility of having an open primary and having that fight play out within the Democratic Party,” he said.
“So I think that’s one of the big questions going forward.”
