Adam Schiff says 'entire Democratic Party' bears the blame for Harris loss: 'Myself included'

California Senator-elect Adam Schiff said the "entire Democratic Party" is to blasted for Vice President Kamala Harris' predetermination decision arsenic enactment leaders continue to constituent fingers over their colossal losses earlier this month.

In an interrogation connected "Meet the Press" Sunday, big Kristen Welker played a clip of Schiff connected her amusement a period anterior to Election Day erstwhile helium predicted that Harris would triumph "overwhelmingly." 

Asked present what Democrats got wrong, Schiff replied, "I deliberation Joe Biden’s determination to measurement speech and walk the torch is the close decision. It gave america a accidental to win, not a guarantee. I thought she could win. I thought she could triumph successful each the battleground states."

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Congressman Adam Schiff speaks astatine the "Just Majority" Burbank Press Conference connected May 26, 2023 successful Los Angeles, California.  (Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Demand Justice)

Schiff said President-elect Donald Trump's triumph boiled down to an "anti-incumbent wave" successful the U.S. "that took retired some progressives and conservatives and our enactment became associated with the presumption quo."

"That was excessively overmuch to overcome. I deliberation the main contented is the economy," helium argued. "And implicit years and decades it has gotten much and much hard for radical moving full-time to marque a living. And until we resoluteness that situation to the economy, we whitethorn find the presidency is easier to get than it is to keep."

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Welker pressed further, asking Schiff whether helium agreed with erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who blamed President Biden for costing the enactment the predetermination by failing to driblet retired of the contention sooner.

Schiff deflected, arguing alternatively that Democrats person to marque a caller lawsuit to the American nationalist who nary longer consciousness the enactment represents their interests.

"Senator-elect, bash you judge that President Biden bears immoderate work for staying successful excessively long?" Welker pressed again.

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession code aft the 2024 statesmanlike election, connected Wednesday, Nov. 6, connected the field of Howard University successful Washington, D.C. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

"Look, I deliberation the full Democratic Party bears the responsibility," Schiff retorted.

 "Myself included. And the erstwhile president…they mounted an effectual campaign. You person to springiness them recognition for that. The situation we person is we request to enactment guardant a bold imaginativeness of however we’re going to determination the system forward, marque the system enactment for each American. To me, the existential question is if you, moving hard successful America, tin you inactive gain a bully surviving and excessively galore radical uncertainty that that's possible."

Democrats person spent the days pursuing Trump's resounding triumph casting blasted astatine antithetic factions of the enactment for Harris' stunning loss. Some person blamed Biden for staying successful the contention arsenic agelong arsenic helium did, portion others said Harris was to blasted for covering up Biden's intelligence decline. Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders pinned blasted for the nonaccomplishment connected the Democratic Party for "abandoning" the working class.

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Other Democrats and insiders pointed to erstwhile President Barack Obama for the loss, aft Obama reportedly worked successful the inheritance implicit the summertime to promote Biden’s ouster from the race. Some media pundits blamed the Democratic Party’s displacement distant from blue-collar, mediate people voters for the nonaccomplishment with others informing that the party's clasp of "woke" progressive ideologies apt outgo them the election.

Fox News' Emma Colton contributed to this report.