Harris Campaign Managers Blame Election Loss on ‘Ferocious Headwinds,’ Limited Time

Harris campaign advisers said they were in ‘crisis management mode’ after Biden exited the race.
Harris Campaign Managers Blame Election Loss on ‘Ferocious Headwinds,’ Limited Time
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Howard University in Washington, on Nov. 6, 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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Campaign managers behind Kamala Harris’s presidential bid blamed her loss to President-elect Donald Trump on their limited time to promote the vice president as a “new generation of leadership.”

The Harris–Waltz campaign team of Jen O’Malley Dillon, David Plouffe, Quintin Fulks, and Stephanie Cutter discussed where they fell short on the progressive podcast “Pod Save America,” hosted by Dan Pfeiffer, who was strategy and communications adviser to President Barack Obama.