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The DNC shouldn’t just be a rubber stamp to whatever the campaign wants."
Now, observing the aftermath, Harrison said That’s my normal default, is that you stick by your people, right, particularly people who have worked hard on behalf of the party,
The DNC’s outgoing chair says Democrats should have stuck with Joe Biden in 2024."
After the interview was released, Harrison objected to the headline, which read Then we move forward to the debate, and people were like, that was a horrible debate performance. And then my thought was: ‘Joe Biden secured the nomination. The primary was done, and so, I’m a loyal guy. We’re riding with Biden,
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,’
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,
The gap in which she lost wasn't huge, but when you add up little pockets where it's some people because of Gaza, some people because of the economy, some people because she was a woman ... those little nicks here and there added up."
Harrison also noted the challenges Harris faced, stating Lots of great people served in the Biden administration and did good work, ... Throw Biden under the bus.
Yglesias wrote in an article he titled We were dealing with ferocious headwinds,
whined Plouffe, who ran Obama's 2008 campaign and then served as a White House advisor If I was Joe Biden, his legacy is obviously at stake in this election
Favreau, who worked as the White House director of speechwriting for four years, told the program