Biden is being blamed because other Democrats think he should have left earlier so Harris could have more time to introduce herself to voters. While it is undoubtedly true that Biden’s lifelong selfish pursuit of presidential power has made this election unwinnable for Democrats, there are a number of problems with blaming him and him alone for the predicament in which the party finds itself.

The biggest reason why this blame game fails is that Democrats always have the option of forcing Biden to drop out of running for re-election; After his disastrous debate performance against President-elect Donald Trump, they finally did. Democrats I knew He said behind closed doors that Biden’s advanced age was affecting his mental competence. But they and their allies in the media have repeatedly argued that Biden is actually privately running circles around his young aides and that it is wrong to question his mental state. disinformation.

Democrats knew this was unsustainable. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) ran a futile primary campaign against Biden because he saw the writing on the wall. Biden’s mental deterioration was an open secret among Democrats, and it only became an issue during the debate when it inevitably came out publicly, along with Biden’s abysmal poll numbers.

Along the same lines, Democrats have tried to persuade voters to think that everything is going well in the country under Biden and that his policies are not leading to hyperinflation that is causing gas and grocery prices to rise exponentially. Democrats touted Biden’s mental acuity leading up to the debate, but defended his terrible policies beyond that point as he tries to justify giving the vice president four more years. They did this even as voters expressed dissatisfaction with the economy and the direction of the country.

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Ultimately, it didn’t matter that Harris had fewer days to “introduce” herself to voters than in a normal campaign, because she was actively hiding even from the line. slightly We did hostile interviews and tried to make it to hide voters’ own policy preferences on every issue except abortion. Harris didn’t want more time to introduce herself to voters (she was the incumbent vice president), she wanted to deceive the public with vague positions and appeal to voters across the spectrum without convincing them of anything.

Democrats could have pulled Biden out of the race earlier or abandoned his failed policies, but they didn’t. They could have pushed Harris to outline a vision for the country, but they didn’t. Biden deserves some blame (especially for making Harris his running mate in the first place), but Democratic politicians, operatives, and media figures were all complicit in Biden’s attempts to cling on to power. They deserve at least as much blame for this loss.