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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

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

Adam Schiff, the California representative recently elected to the Senate, said Democrats are to blame as a whole for the results of the 2024 election - (Meet the Press / NBC)

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.

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