Jen Psaki says Democrats are lost in the 'wilderness' without a 'clear leader' after Trump's victory

MSNBC big Jen Psaki said the Democratic Party is mislaid successful the "wilderness" and without a person aft Kamala Harris' stunning decision to President-elect Donald Trump.

In an interrogation connected NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, Psaki was asked however Democrats regain their footing and statesman to "chart their way forward" aft losing the White House, Senate and House of Representatives. 

"Look, I deliberation Democrats are successful the wilderness, arsenic you conscionable said before, determination is nary wide person of the party. Joe Biden is going to beryllium retired of bureau shortly. Kamala Harris conscionable mislaid the election. There are a batch of governors and different radical who mightiness look possibly that we don’t cognize astir yet, but determination is nary wide person of the enactment close now," she said.

JEN PSAKI HITS BACK AT LEFT'S RACIST BLAME GAME FOR HARRIS' LOSS: ‘THAT’S NOT HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS'

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 08: Jen Psaki speaks onstage during Jen Psaki successful Conversation with Lawrence O’Donnell - Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World astatine 92NY connected May 08, 2024 successful New York City.  (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

The erstwhile White House property caput said Harris' nonaccomplishment offers an accidental for emerging Democratic leaders to "seize the mantle" and instrumentality complaint of a enactment inactive reeling from a bid of devastating predetermination defeats.

"That, to maine is an accidental due to the fact that radical person to decide. Nobody’s fixed it, right. You prehend the mantle, oregon you don’t," Psaki said. "Are you going to beryllium the idiosyncratic who decides who’s the close idiosyncratic to basal up against Trump? Or are you going to beryllium the idiosyncratic who brings the state together? Are you going to beryllium the idiosyncratic who talks astir the system and successful ways that radical understand? There are tons of ways to bash it. I don’t cognize who’s going to emerge, but that’s the infinitesimal we’re successful close now."

PSAKI ADMITS DEMS MADE A MISTAKE BY TRYING TO REACH NEVER-TRUMP VOTERS AND IGNORING DISAFFECTED DEMOCRATS

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the regular property briefing astatine the White House October 12, 2021 successful Washington, DC.  (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Democrats proceed to constituent fingers and play the blasted game successful their post-election investigation of wherefore Harris lost. In a caller quality connected MSNBC, Psaki blamed the enactment for over-relying connected "never-Trump" Republicans, arguing that they should've made much of an effort to scope disaffected Democratic voters.

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She besides blamed Democrats for a "huge misread" connected however important the termination issue was to millions of Americans successful the state who ended up voting for Trump and urged her enactment to beryllium "sober about" the world that galore voters who traditionally supported Democrats didn't crook retired to enactment Harris connected Election Day.

Fox News' Kristine Parks contributed to this report.