Laura Barron-Lopez:
Many of them did reflect on it.
But first, Amna, I want to note that President Biden spoke to both Vice President Harris today, congratulating her on her run, on her historic campaign.
And he also called president-elect Donald Trump, congratulating him. And Donald Trump’s campaign said that the president-elect plans to go to the White House to speak with Biden and ensure a peaceful transfer of power.
But there was some finger-pointing today, Amna, amongst Democrats. Some lawmakers and sources that I spoke to said that they thought that President Biden should never have attempted a run for reelection, that if he had stepped out sooner, that could have maybe solved this.
Few felt that Harris could have done anything differently, that she was battling incumbency headwinds. One Black Democratic organizer I spoke to in Michigan said that there was a lot of talk about protecting democracy, but then ultimately when they went door to door to talk to voters in their communities in Detroit, that democracy just fell on deaf ears because people were concerned about their livelihoods.
