Ex-Democratic National Committee fundraiser Evan Barker dispelled the myth that Vice President Kamala Harris ran a "flawless" presidential campaign, Fox News reported. Barker set the record straight on Fox News' "Jesse Watters Primetime" Tuesday.
After Harris' spectacular loss to President-elect Donald Trump last week, leftists were falling all over themselves to take the blame off of Harris. They described her campaign as "flawless" and "incredible."
However, to an insider like Barker, it was clear that the campaign was a mess. "The people on 'The View' and all of the media elites right now who are saying that Kamala Harris ran a perfect campaign are completely deluding themselves," Barker told host Jesse Watters.
"This was not a perfect campaign. This was anything but," she added.
Trump had a successful night on Nov. 5 after he not only won 312 electoral votes to Harris' 226 but also bested her in the popular vote. In an honest postmortem, Barker described Harris' ill-fated strategy.
"She trotted Liz Cheney all across the Rust Belt. She completely misunderstood the pain that the American people are going through right now with the economy," Barker said of Harris' decision to partner with former GOP Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, who was rejected by her own party.
"And she never addressed those concerns. That's why the Democratic Party has lost," she added. Like many this election cycle, Barker voted for Trump despite years as a Democrat Party loyalist.
"When I was at the DNC, I saw what they were selling, and like most of America, I didn't want to buy it. This is a election that was decided by Americans that have decided that they've had enough and that they're not going to stand for it any longer," Barker added.
Barker felt like Harris strayed from the Democratic Party's constituents. "Over the last eight years, I've seen a party that has just moved further and further away from the working class people of this country," she said.
Others have also criticized the campaign for its missteps. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders believes Harris lost because of the shift away from the Democratic Party's original values.
"It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change," Sanders said in a post to X, formerly Twitter, along with the election results last week.
"And they’re right," Sanders concluded. Others blamed fellow Democratic politicians for Harris' loss, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who blamed President Joe Biden for stepping down from the race too late.
According to the Los Angeles Times, some sources blame Barack Obama for being the one to push Biden out of his reelection bid. The former president was also the one responsible for Trump's original 2o16 win after he pushed Biden not to run against Hillary Clinton.
There's plenty of blame to go around for Harris' abysmal election performance. From her terrible policies to the fact that Harris is simply unlikeable, this was a doomed campaign from the start.
