Kamala Harris's Democrat loss explained | The Story

For weeks, we were told the polls were too close to call. But when the votes were counted, the Democrats lost every single swing state - and the popular vote too. Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker and Democrat party grandee has blamed President Biden for Donald Trump winning the White House as a Democrat blame game intensifies.

So how did it all go so wrong for the Harris campaign? And what does her party need to do to reconnect with middle America?

Guests:
Christopher Hale, Democratic consultant and strategist.
Nick Hanauer, tech entrepreneur and political economist.
Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Megyn Kelly; The View/ABC; NBC News; Instagram/realdonaldtrump; CNN; Votolatino; Newsnation; Hindustan Times; Al Jazeera English.

Photo: Getty Images.

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[Shineon]

The MAJORITY of Americans are HAPPY that she lost

[doghouse]

Calling people fascists, bigots, racists, isnt a winning strategy it would seem

[WillCamx]

"There is not a thing that comes to mind".
That sums her up perfectly.
A rare moment of truth from Harris.

[themightysquid]

“There’s not a thing that comes to mind”. Perhaps the most honest words that ever left her lips.

[zacheryyoung]

The dems went from representing the working class to insulting the working class. All to pander to the very loud but very few.

[wesley]

She spent a billion dollars people. AND more than half a billion went to pay entertainers for endorsements and staff. What a waste.

[TheWingleong]

How can the people allow her to lead the most powerful country when she couldn't even answer a simple question????

[miguelferrer]

Everything was wrong. Starting with Kamala's candidacy.

[qcop]

Because all they ever talked about is DEI, transgenders, reparation, pronouns .

[kingclover]

She lost because she has no appeal outside of the Liberal bubble. Platitudes and cliches is all that she had to offer, not realizing that they don't mean anything except to people like herself.

[RogerFusselman]

This special is proof as to why Democrats lost. No attempt is made to ask Trump voters and those that abstained why they voted as they did. Even after getting trounced big time, they still do not want to listen to the people they scared away.

[sifridbassoon]

You don't get more people to drink Coke by insulting people who drink Pepsi. I point to the open Obama mike incident when he made the infamous "those people cling to their guns and religion" remark. A lot of advisors are now saying that the Democrats didn't communicate effectively. I disagree. Democrats have VERY effectively communicated their disdain.

[vivekkapoor]

Trans Activism on Minors in Schools - that is pure evil

[DavidGetling]

Every honest person knows what went wrong. Like the UK and Europe, the majority of Americans are very worried about the tsunami of illegal immigration they are suffering. At best the Democrats were seen as complacent, but many saw them as complicit!. Trump is seen as being prepared to do whatever it takes to end, or even reverse this influx.

[smoozerish]

She went on Whoopi Goldbergs show for a short meaningless light-hearted chat and avoided all the serious long form male orientated podcast shows. And she scratches her head, wondering why she lost the election. 😅😅

[tonysantini]

If the dims tried, they couldn’t have picked a more REPULSIVE candidate! She turned everybody off!

[mitchellsmith]

Trying to divide husbands and wifes? Now that was real smart😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[jdpalm]

6:55 - Please, hear what is being said. I'm a cis-gendered, straight, white, Christian male from Mississippi that abstained from voting in the 2016 & 2020 presidential elections but voted for Trump this year. The leading Democratic public figures think of me as the most privileged person in the world. They believe that my socioeconomic status was ill-gotten; therefore, they believe that my status should be taken from me and that there is nothing I can say about this that is reasonable. You can hear this nonsense from them by the way those public figures are talking about WHY she lost: white supremacy, bigotry, transphobia, etc. If I'm in the cross-hairs, I'm going with the other guy.

[mr.mayhem]

"My party spends more time punishing heretics than winning converts"

I think that's obvious and damning. I don't think the lessons will be learnt because they're too far gone.

[joec]

It did not go wrong. Kamla is a beyond awful.