Kamala Harris, with tears in her eyes, makes a sad announcement

by johnelite2025 · December 1, 2025

Kamala Harris’ post-election moment was so raw and unfiltered that even her closest allies struggled to soften it. After her loss to President-elect Donald Trump, the noise around her campaign split sharply into two camps: those insisting that Joe Biden’s late withdrawal sabotaged her chances, and those arguing that this excuse was nothing more than denial packaged as political analysis. But according to several former staffers, the truth was far less flattering — they say the campaign misread the political terrain from the very beginning.

Yes, Harris entered the race late. But her team behaved as if the country had simply been waiting for her to show up. They approached her candidacy like an extension of an already-established Democratic machine rather than a fresh campaign requiring a fresh plan. When the polling tightened and momentum began slipping away, the internal search for someone to blame kicked in. Yet for the people who actually worked inside the operation, the idea that Biden’s timing was the reason for the loss felt “detached from reality.” Their view was blunt: the campaign lost because it failed to understand the voters it needed most.

Willie Brown, former San Francisco mayor and someone who has known Harris both personally and politically since the 1990s, didn’t sugarcoat a single thing. His critique was sharp — the critique of someone who had watched countless campaigns rise and fall. In his view, the Harris campaign didn’t just make tactical mistakes; they fundamentally failed to learn from history. He pointed directly to Hillary Clinton’s loss and argued that the campaign refused to confront the most uncomfortable question of all: Is America actually ready to elect a woman as president? Instead of facing that head-on, they brushed past it, assuming that enthusiasm alone could bulldoze political reality.

Kamala Harris, with tears in her eyes, makes a sad announcement

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