With Trump’s sweeping victory in the books, it didn’t take long for Democrats to turn on each other. There’s something uniquely entertaining about watching them scramble to place the blame anywhere but where it belongs. For Republicans, this is like a front-row seat to the most satisfying soap opera yet—the knives are out, and the finger-pointing is only getting started.
To understand the chaos, though, you’ve got to know there’s been tension brewing for years. Since the early days of Biden’s administration, his team and Kamala Harris’ camp have barely tolerated each other. The White House leaks about frustration with Harris started almost immediately, with Biden aides allegedly throwing their hands up over what they saw as her lack of focus and inability to get things done. On her side, Harris’ team griped about unfair treatment and even threw around accusations of racism, but it never did much to improve her performance. Harris stayed in Biden’s shadow, unprepared and ineffective, while Biden stumbled along with his own failings.
But now that she’s lost, that thin veil of party unity is ripping apart. Harris’ camp is blaming everyone but their own candidate, calling her campaign “nearly flawless” and implying Biden’s low approval ratings were the real issue. Even her campaign aide David Plouffe suggested they had to “dig out of a deep hole,” a comment he later deleted from social media. “Flawless” became the rallying cry of Harris defenders on MSNBC, Twitter, and anywhere else they could spin this loss as Biden’s fault.
Let’s be real—Harris joining the race late was supposed to be her big advantage. The narrative was that she’d come in fresh, avoid months of public scrutiny, and hit the ground with her billion-dollar war chest. Instead, the longer she stayed in the spotlight, the worse things got, leading to Trump pulling ahead in the polls right before Election Day. But suddenly, Harris’ team wants to claim the shortened campaign hurt her? It’s a laughable rewrite of history, and Biden’s aides aren’t buying it.
A former Biden staffer didn’t hold back, asking, “How did you spend $1 billion and not win?” Good question. And it’s not like Biden was going to turn things around on the campaign trail. Even Harris’ team knew trotting him out would be risky—anyone who’s seen his latest gaffes understands why—but Biden’s staff still resents her decision to sideline him. As one insider put it, “The Harris team benched [Biden], and now they’re complaining. Maybe they shouldn’t have benched him.”
Harris’ team had three times the funding Trump’s campaign had, and they managed to lose anyway. Democrats like to say money buys elections, but it’s tough to keep that narrative up when they lost with every financial advantage.
Joe Biden watching Kamala walk back into the White House today pic.twitter.com/5QLwqnEnkS
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) November 6, 2024
And then there’s the last kicker. In a post-election call, Harris’ campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon tried to rally the troops, telling staff, “There’s so much good that has come of this.” Really? For a campaign that pushed the “threat to democracy” line non-stop, the message of “We’ll get them next time” sounds like a weak consolation prize. But watching her staff finally realize all that “democracy at stake” rhetoric was just spin? Now, that is worth the price of admission.
🚨Joe Biden addresses the nation
He has a real spring in his step, as if he wanted this result all along.
No mention of Kamala?
Full video here 👇 pic.twitter.com/MQyxKlG4iV
— Alex Armstrong (@alexharmstrong) November 7, 2024
Turns out, Americans are done with empty talk and crisis narratives. They voted for lower inflation, a secure border, and a break from gaslighting politics. So, let the Democrats fight it out. We’ll be here with our popcorn, watching the spectacle unfold.
