Staff ReportsA member of the Democratic National Convention Finance Committee, Lindy Li, has aired some unraveling accusations about the recent political debacle involving Vice President Kamala Harris’s ill-fated campaign for president. It seems that the shiny veneer of Democratic unity is starting to crack under the weight of some harsh truths, particularly the role President Joe Biden may have played in Harris’s stunning electoral loss to President-elect Donald Trump.
Li appeared on the “Fox and Friends Weekend” show, where she didn’t hold back, stating that Biden’s endorsement of Harris was less about electability and more an elaborate act of political sabotage against his own party. According to her, the endorsement was a not-so-subtle “F you” to the Democrats after being elbowed out of the race. What better way to exact revenge on the party than to handpick a candidate destined to flop? This might be the most ingenious self-sabotage seen in modern politics, eclipsed only by the occasional blunders that can be expected from the left.
Casting further shade on the Harris campaign, Li described the entire operation as a “disaster.” She specifically lamented the party’s decision to forgo a primary process, rather than allowing genuine competition. Instead of snubbing their noses at democracy, the Democrats should have let voters choose their candidate instead of just handing over a crown to Harris. It’s seemingly become a desperate attempt to project strength while inadvertently showcasing a glaring weakness in their selection process.
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The campaign strategy was equally critiqued, with Li pointing out that focusing on Trump as an “existential threat” was a one-note tune that failed to resonate with voters craving substantive policies. It’s as if voters were expected to rally around a candidate simply because their chief competitor looked bad. The formula of “Trump bad, Harris good” might have sounded catchy in the echo chamber, but it didn’t translate to actual votes—proving that even the best press releases can’t win elections.
In her attempt to unpack the political catastrophe, Li expressed regret that she was duped into contributing significant sums to the Harris campaign, believing that victory was all but assured thanks to promises from campaign insiders. One might think that the chorus of fundraising emails would have at least inspired some self-reflection on how much money is wasted on losing endeavors. On top of it all, she dragged the Obamas into the fray, revealing their aloofness in endorsing Harris while casting doubt on their commitment to the campaign. They took a solid three days to publicly show their support, which could only be considered a “quiet endorsement” if one were generous.
In the end, all that fundraising led to an astonishing $1 billion campaign that could not even deliver a decent showing against Trump, who, it should be noted, managed to secure victory across seven swing states, as well as both the electoral and popular votes. In hindsight, the Democratic Party might want to rethink its strategy and remember that hopping on the Harris bandwagon was little more than an extended road trip to an electoral disaster.
