Outgoing Democratic Party chief gives an astonishing assessment of Kamala Harris

Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison doesn't judge Democrats should person kicked President Joe Biden disconnected the statesmanlike ticket. 

Harrison talked to the Associated Press up of Saturday's DNC enactment elections, successful which a caller seat volition beryllium selected. 

He was asked point-blank if Democrats should person stuck with Biden, aft his replacement, Vice President Kamala Harris, mislaid each 7 swings states and the fashionable ballot to President Donald Trump. 

'That's my mean default, is that you instrumentality by your people, right, peculiarly radical who person worked hard connected behalf of the party,' Harrison answered. 

He said helium went into the 2024 contention reasoning that Biden was 'the astir palmy of my beingness legislative president' and besides helped different Democrats get elected down the ballot. 

'And past erstwhile helium hits a roadblock, erstwhile helium hits a bump successful the road, bash we instrumentality with him, oregon bash we jettison him? That's the mentality that I had going into this,' Harrison explained. 'And my quality is, "I'm connected the squad you know, you're my quarterback. You got sacked a fewer times. But you cognize what? I'm going to artifact the hellhole retired of the adjacent idiosyncratic that's coming astatine you."' 

'And that is not ever the mentality of everybody successful my party,' Harrison continued. 'And truthful sometimes, radical look connected the sidelines, acceptable to telephone successful the backup.'

Biden's bump successful the roadworthy came successful the signifier of his disastrous precocious June statement show against Trump successful Atlanta. 

'Joe Biden gave the State of the Union, radical said it was 1 of the champion State of the Unions that we've ever seen,' Harrison recalled. 'Then we determination guardant to the debate, and radical were like, that was a horrible statement performance.'

It followed months of polling that said Americans had large reservations astir giving the past 81-year-old different term. 

Harrison pointed retired that Trump's large disqualifying diagnostic didn't person Republicans questioning if helium should stay connected the apical of the ticket. 

'And if you look astatine the different side, successful presumption of Repubilcans, Donald trump had conscionable been convicted, however galore times for each these felonies? And you didn't perceive a peep from the Republicans, successful presumption of like, "We request to jettison Donald Trump, and we request to unfastened up a caller superior and we request to bash this and that,"' Harrison said. 

But Republicans did person a due primary, with Trump vying for votes against formidable, established candidates including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, erstwhile U.N. Amb. Nikki Haley, erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence and others. 

Biden, connected the different hand, was lone challenged by Rep. Dean Philips and self-help guru Marianne Williamson, contempt enactment members sharing concerns astir his property down closed doors. 

Harrison argued that was capable of a superior for Biden to stay the Democratic nominee, telling the AP 'my thought was: "Joe Biden secured the nomination. The superior was done, and so, I'm a loyal guy. We're riding with Biden."' 

The exiting DNC seat gave a wishy-washy effect connected whether Harris would person won had Biden bowed retired sooner. 

'Had she had much runway, it would person been astir apt easier for her and for the campaign,' Harrison said. 'We were gathering a contention for Joe Biden.' 

He besides didn't deliberation determination was 'one answer' for wherefore Harris lost.

'A batch of radical similar to travel up with thing,s and they accidental it's the economy. Well, it could person been a portion of it,' helium said. 'I deliberation each authorities had their ain small nuance. In Michigan, the Palestinian contented played thing there.' 

'The gap in which she mislaid wasn’t huge, but erstwhile you adhd up small pockets wherever it’s, immoderate radical due to the fact that of Gaza, immoderate radical due to the fact that of the economy, immoderate radical due to the fact that she was a woman,' helium added. 

'And I deliberation successful galore of those states, those small nicks present and determination added up to however she mislaid successful immoderate of those states,' Harrison argued. 

Democrats volition beryllium voting connected Harrison's replacement Saturday during their Winter Meeting astatine the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center extracurricular of Washington, D.C.

The apical contenders see 2 enactment chairs: Minnesota's Ken Martin and Wisconsin's Ben Wikler. 

Other notables are Williamson, the erstwhile run manager for Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign Faiz Shakir and erstwhile Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who ran for president during the 2016 cycle.