The departing leader of the Democratic National Committee is reflecting on why his party lost to President Donald Trump. Jaime Harrison says in a new interview with The Associated Press that Democrats should have stuck with Joe Biden after his disastrous debate. He compared Biden to a quarterback who got knocked down and needed to get back up.
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“I went into this thinking, OK, you’ve got probably the most successful of my lifetime legislative president who has poured tons of money into making sure that not just Joe Biden and Kamala Harris get elected, but Democrats get elected — not just in the battleground states, but all states who support a lot of resources and his own time fundraising in order to strengthen the state parties.”
“And so I started making phone calls just asking, ‘I’m sure you’ve heard the news about the president,’ and to a person, they’re saying, ‘I just got off the phone with the vice president, and I’m pledging my support.’ I must have been chasing her calls, because literally, I’m calling, and everyone said, ‘Well, I’m supporting her.’”HARRISON: “The DNC shouldn’t just be a rubber stamp to whatever the campaign wants.
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