{"id":124388,"date":"2024-11-10T23:14:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T16:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124388"},"modified":"2024-11-10T23:14:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T16:14:17","slug":"no-time-to-pull-punches-is-a-civil-war-on-the-horizon-for-the-democratic-party-us-elections-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124388","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No time to pull punches\u2019: is a civil war on the horizon for the Democratic party? | US elections 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/joebiden\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Joe Biden<\/a> stood before the American people, millions of whom were still reeling from the news of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/06\/donald-trump-wins-us-presidential-election\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump\u2019s victory<\/a> in the presidential race, and reassured them: \u201cWe\u2019re going to be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In his first remarks since his vice-president and chosen successor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/kamala-harris\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, lost the presidential election, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/07\/election-biden-address-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">delivered<\/a> a pep talk from the White House Rose Garden on a sunny Thursday that clashed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/democrats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Democrats<\/a>\u2019 black mood in the wake of their devastating electoral losses. Biden pledged a smooth transfer of power to Trump and expressed faith in the endurance of the American experiment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cSetbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable,\u201d Biden said. \u201cA defeat does not mean we are defeated. We lost this battle. The America of your dreams is calling for you to get back up. That\u2019s the story of America for over 240 years and counting.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"2007a394-d88c-4c3a-8b46-98812a2b393e\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\u2018A big cratering\u2019: an expert on gen Z\u2019s surprise votes \u2013 and young women\u2019s growing support for Trump&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;2007a394-d88c-4c3a-8b46-98812a2b393e&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/08\/young-voters-trump-gen-z&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:10,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The message severely clashed with the dire warnings that many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/democrats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Democrats<\/a>, including Biden, have issued about the dangers of a second Trump term. They have predicted that Trump\u2019s return to power would jeopardize the very foundation of American democracy. They assured voters that Trump would make good on his promise to deport millions of undocumented people. And they raised serious doubts about Trump\u2019s pledge to veto a nationwide abortion ban.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Now as they stare down four more years of Trump\u2019s presidency, Democrats must reckon with the reality that those warnings were for naught. Not only did Trump win the White House, but he is on track to win the popular vote, making him the first Republican to do so since 2004. Senate Republicans have regained their majority, and they appear confident in their chances of holding the House of Representatives, with several key races still too close to call on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The bleak outcome has left Democrats bereft, unmoored and furious when they previously thought this week would be the cause of joy and celebration. They are now heading into a brutal political wilderness with its current leaders tarnished by advanced age and a catastrophic defeat and a younger generation that is yet to fully emerge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The party also faces a likely brutal civil war between its leftists and centrists over the best way forward \u2013 one that will be fought over the levers of power in the party at every level from the grassroots of all 50 US states to the crowded corridors of Congress in Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The stark reality has left Democrats asking themselves the same question over and over again: how did we get here?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The hypotheses and accusations rose from whispers to shouts starting on Wednesday. Although a handful of Democrats suggested Harris should have done more to distance herself from Biden, few party members<strong> <\/strong>appeared to blame the nominee, who was credited with running the best possible campaign given her roughly 100-day window to close a considerable gap with Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Some Democrats blamed Biden, who withdrew from the presidential race in July only after mounting pressure from his party after a disastrous debate performance against Trump. Jim Manley, who served as a senior adviser to the former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, said that Biden never should have run for re-election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis is no time to pull punches or be concerned about anyone\u2019s feelings,\u201d Manley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/06\/democrats-blame-biden-trump-win-00188092\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">told Politico<\/a>. \u201cHe and his staff have done an enormous amount of damage to this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In an even more damning indictment, Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker who was applauded for her role in pressuring Biden to step aside, suggested the party should have held an open primary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cHad the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race,\u201d Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/08\/us\/politics\/pelosi-harris-biden-open-primary.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">told the New York Times<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cWe live with what happened. And because the president endorsed Kamala Harris immediately, that really made it almost impossible to have a primary at that time. If it had been much earlier, it would have been different.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"7b9e0797-4245-4ce0-b077-0f228b11d5ea\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A Trump supporter celebrates the results of the 2024 presidential election on 6 November in West Palm Beach, Florida.<\/span> Photograph: Dave Decker\/ZUMA Press Wire\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A number of other senior Democratic aides <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4977754-democrats-seek-answers-trump-defeat\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">complained<\/a> to reporters \u2013 on background, without their names attached to the quotes \u2013 that Biden had put the party in a terrible position by not reckoning earlier with the widespread concerns over his age and unpopularity. (Biden would have been 86 at the end of his second term, while Trump will be 82 at the end of his.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The White House pushed back against those gripes, framing Democrats\u2019 losses in a much more global context. Incumbents have lost ground around the world in the past year, a trend that experts largely blame on the anger and disillusionment spurred by the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing high inflation it caused.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, cited this explanation during her press briefing on Thursday, while noting that Biden still believes he \u201cmade the right decision\u201d in stepping aside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cDespite all of the accomplishments that we were able to get done, there were global headwinds because of the Covid-19 pandemic,\u201d Jean-Pierre said. \u201cAnd it had a political toll on many incumbents, if you look at what happened in 2024 globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-19\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-10et71f\">\n<p class=\"dcr-rsfwa\">Sign up to <span>The Stakes \u2014 Presidential Transition<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">We will guide you through the aftermath of the US election and the transition to a Trump presidency<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;the-stakes-us-election-edition&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;We will guide you through the aftermath of the US election and the transition to a Trump presidency&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-19\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Despite those headwinds, Democrats wonder if their communication strategy could have prevented Republicans\u2019 triumph. Leaders of the party are now debating the role of new media and how dominant rightwing influencers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/07\/joe-rogan-elon-musk-heterodoxy-trump-win-reaction\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">particularly<\/a> in the so-called \u201cmanosphere\u201d, helped propel Trump to victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Left-leaning Van Jones posited that Democrats had focused too much on traditional media at the expense of cultivating a leftwing media ecosystem, saying in a Substack Live chat: \u201cWe built the wrong machine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Or perhaps Democrats\u2019 failure to connect with the concerns of working-class voters cost them the White House, as progressives such as Senator Bernie Sanders argued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt 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,\u201d Sanders said in his post-election statement. \u201cIn the coming weeks and months those of us concerned about grassroots democracy and economic justice need to have some very serious political discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But who will lead those discussions? Biden will be 82 when he leaves the White House in January. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader who has now been demoted to minority leader, is 73. Pelosi is 84. Sanders, who won re-election on Tuesday, will be 89 by the time his new term ends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The party must now look to a new generation of leaders, a pivot that many argue should have come earlier. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader who still holds out a distant hope of becoming speaker in January if his party can win a majority, might lead the way. Progressive Democrats will probably be looking to popular lawmakers like congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to shape the party\u2019s future. Other rank-and-file members have pointed to Gavin Newsom, the California governor who is already <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/capitol\/2024\/11\/gavin-newsom-special-session-trump-resistance\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">trying<\/a> to \u201cTrump-proof\u201d his state, as an example for resisting the new administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">They will have a foundation to work from, party leaders assert. Although Trump\u2019s victory was devastating to them, Democrats protected at least three and possibly five competitive Senate seats while mitigating Republican gains in the House. Even if House Republicans maintain control of the chamber, they will be forced to govern with a narrow majority that proved disastrous during the last session and could pave the wave for significant Democratic gains in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">For now, though, the Democrats who poured their hearts and souls into electing Harris as the first woman, first Black woman and first Asian American woman to serve as president seem exhausted. They have spent most of the past decade warning the country about the dangers of Trump and his political philosophy only for a majority of American voters to send him back to the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">While Trump\u2019s first electoral victory sparked a wave of outrage and protests among Democrats, his second win seemed met with a mournful sigh from many of his critics. Right now, Democrats are taking the time to grieve. And then, eventually, they will start to pick up the pieces of their party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><em>Lauren Gambino contributed reporting<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>Read more of the Guardian\u2019s 2024 US election coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/10\/democrats-election-loss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden stood before the American people, millions of whom were still reeling from the news of Donald Trump\u2019s victory in the presidential race, and reassured them: \u201cWe\u2019re going to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124388\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}