Following Vice President Harris’ loss to President-elect Trump in 2024, DNC official Lindy Li sharply criticized the campaign, calling it a “$1 billion disaster.”
Li, a member of the National Finance Committee, voiced her frustration on Fox & Friends Weekend, noting the campaign’s severe debt and a lack of accountability to donors who had trusted Campaign Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon’s promises of victory.
“The truth is this is just an end epic disaster, this is a $1 billion disaster,” Li told Fox News.
“They’re $20 million or $18 million in debt. It’s incredible, and I raised millions of that. I have friends I have to be accountable to and explain what happened because I told them it was a margin-of-error race,” she added, The Hill reported.
Post-election, Democrats have begun clashing over their strategy, with debates arising over whether the party leaned too far left or didn’t meet the base’s progressive demands enough.
This internal tension reflects the challenges the party faces in assessing and recalibrating its message for voters, particularly after Harris’ losses across all seven battleground states.
Many within the DNC are calling for a refocus on messaging and strategy that resonates with both progressive supporters and moderates, emphasizing the need to accurately assess public sentiment moving forward.
Li also expressed concerns about the confidence among Democrats on election night, questioning whether internal polling had falsely assured some party leaders of a possible victory.
This article was written with the assistance of artificial intelligence.