Kamala Harris

Harris’ refusal to throw Biden ‘under the bus’ fueled brutal election loss: Columnist

Kamala Harris squandered the many chances she had on the campaign trail to distance herself from the unpopular incumbent president who she replaced on the Democratic ticket, and that calculation likely contributed to her bruising election night loss, a Washington Post columnist said Thursday.

“I think we will be litigating this and relitigating this for many years to come,” Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell told CNN’s Abby Phillip Thursday during an appearance on “NewsNight.”

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'No one fell harder': Professor says Dems ignored key bloc in favor of 'special interests'

A marketing professor at New York University who predicted the election would be a referendum on each party's "aspirational vision of masculinity" took a victory lap on CNN on Thursday night and said people like Elon Musk are the epitome of such.

Scott Galloway told anchor Anderson Cooper that Musk sends satellites to space, builds cars, and is "magnificently wealthy," "provocative" and "entertaining."

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'Straight up BS': Powerful Dem slaps back at Joe Biden blame game

The chair of the Democratic National Committee has had it with the President Joe Biden blame game, he made clear Thursday.

"This is straight up BS," Jaime Harrison wrote on X Thursday afternoon. "Biden was the most-pro worker President of my lifetime."

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'Divorce your Republican husband': Analyst says to stop having sex with Trump voters

The time has come to channel your inner Lysistrata, cat ladies, an enraged political analyst has declared.

Salon's Amanda Marcotte on Thursday issued a rallying cry to the woman scorned as "sociopaths" by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance (R-OH), arguing the time has come to stop having sex with his voters.

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'Friction': Trump's win sparks 'Monday morning quarterbacking' with Biden and Harris aides

Recriminations are going on behind the scenes between aides to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as they try to work out whether there is blame to be assigned for Donald Trump's victory on Tuesday night, CNN White House correspondent Kayla Tausche told Anderson Cooper.

In particular, she said, there are arguments over whether it was really the best move to force Biden out of the race in the summer, or whether it was in fact his unpopularity casting a shadow over the whole race to begin with.

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Kamala Harris' concession speech 'left a little bit to be desired': Senior Trump adviser

A senior adviser to Donald Trump said Tuesday that while he sympathized with what Vice President Kamala Harris is “going through," he was disappointed that her concession speech didn’t include a pledge to work with the president-elect to achieve his “mandate for change.”

“This is a tough speech to give, I mean I can definitely feel for Kamala Harris and what she’s going through,” Jason Miller said on Fox News shortly after Harris delivered a powerful concession speech in Washington, D.C.

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'Very proud of her’: Ex-senator breaks down over Kamala Harris’ political climb

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) broke down after listening to Vice President Kamala Harris' concession speech at Howard University on Wednesday afternoon.

The two women served in the Senate for a few years, and the elder stateswoman expressed her pride in the life that Harris came from and what she accomplished.

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Kamala Harris concedes with powerful message: Only when it's darkest can you see stars

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a powerful concession speech Wednesday afternoon as she pledged to honor the peaceful transition of power — even as she vowed never to concede the "fight that fueled this campaign."

Speaking in Washington, D.C., and dressed in all black, Harris delivered a 12-minute speech to a tearful audience that erupted into chants of "Ka-ma-la!"

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'Thank you George Clooney': Trump win spurs scorn for movie star who demanded Biden quit

Democratic voters would like a quick word with movie star George Clooney.

Clooney, the movie star whose New York Times editorial heralded the ouster of President Joe Biden from the 2024 presidential race, was the subject of some frustration after former President Donald Trump secured the nation's highest office.

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Kamala Harris campaign rejected offer to spend millions to mobilize Black voters: report

Kamala Harris' campaign rejected an offer in late summer to mobilize undecided Black voters in key swing states, according to a post-election report.

The Congressional Black Caucus pitched the $10 million plan in September to persuade and turn out Black voters, a demographic that Donald Trump made significant improvements with on the way to winning a second term as president, and two sources familiar with the matter told Politico the proposal was rejected.

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'At least Kari Lake lost': Leaders rush to offer motivation amid election anxiety

As Americans wake up to a new world with another Donald Trump administration on the horizon, there is a lot of fear, anxiety, blame, and rage percolating through social media. Between those, however, are some small victories, compassion and motivation for those who desperately need it.

When Trump allegedly attempted to bribe Ukraine, Alexander Vindman was one of those who purportedly heard it on the call. He became one of the people who was willing to come forward and sound the alarm about that incident. As a result, he was sent out of the National Security Council back to the Army. Despite not being involved, Vindman's twin brother, Eugene, was also shoved out.

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'That is wrong': MSNBC's Joe Scarborough cuts off panelist who was disparaging Harris

A rare dispute between MSNBC "Morning Joe" regulars broke out on MSNBC on Wednesday morning as co-host Joe Scarborough loudly cut off branding expert Donnie Deutsch when he attempted to claim Vice President Kamala Harris didn't connect with voters.

As part of the autopsy of the failed campaign to keep convicted felon Donald Trump out of the White House, Deutsch claimed of Harris, "I think in the most simplistic advertising format of all time: problem, solution. I think the other thing that happened is what I will just call the passion quadrant. This is, I'm talking mostly centrists, this is where the Democrats are really fractured."

"There were so many people that were passionately for Trump and passionately against Trump," he continued. "I'm talking about the voters that go back between Biden and Trump and Obama and Reagan. Then you had passionate against Trump and you didn't have as much passion for her. You never heard people go, 'Oh, I love her. it just ––."

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"Hold on, I have to stop you there, because that is wrong," Scarborough exclaimed

"Okay, then I'm wrong, Deutsch backtracked.

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'This is why Harris lost': Ex-right-wing media insider pinpoints Democrats' fatal mistake

Matthew Sheffield, a former right-wing media insider, believes that Democrats have been making a massive mistake when it comes to waging information wars.

Writing on X, formerly Twitter, Sheffield explains that the Democrats have flat-out failed to create a media ecosystem that functions in the same way that right-wing media does by creating what he describes as a "partisan ecosystem" whose sole goal is to constantly reinforce negative partisanship among voters.

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