Politics and Religion
Dem Post Election Finger Pointing Is Getting Particularly Nasty
The latest scoop aired on MSNBC by Toure:
Harris inherited Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon. Problem? Jen never wanted Harris on the ticket in the first place. In 2023 was leaking to the press that Biden should consider replacing Harris on the ticket.
This is going to piss a lot of people off that helped on the campaign—and it should! “When I spoke to elite Democratic people they kept bringing up the name Jen O’Malley Dillon (Kamala Harris’s campaign chair)… who in 2023 was leaking to the media that Kamala should be replaced on the ticket.” @Toure There’s more…
Read this by @Toure Inside The Kamala Harris Campaign: Did A Biden Loyalist Doom Her Presidential Bid
http://toure.substack.com/p/inside-the-kamala-harris-campaign
In 2023 there were stories in the Washington Post and the LA Times that suggested maybe Harris should not be the VP in 2024. According to several people, those stories were planted by Dillon. Why? Many people said after the 2022 midterms there was considerable chatter in Democratic circles that Biden should step aside and let a primary happen. Some Biden insiders thought it would be helpful to Biden to dampen Harris’s prospects as if that could somehow help boost Biden’s dismal polling. But also, several people said, Dillon just seemed to dislike Harris. “We don't really know why Jen didn't like her,” one of them said. “I don't think she wanted her to be VP. I don't think she really wanted her on that ticket.”
Related Link: MSNBC: Assessing What Really Happened. The Consultants