Let the Blame Game Commence!

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

As Kamala Harris officially concedes after a terrible election, Democrats begin searching for lessons—and singling out others for blame. Jon, Lovett, Dan, and Tommy discuss Harris's farewell message, the various conflicting and enraging theories being floated as to why she lost, and how we should think about campaigns going forward. Plus: Sen. Jacky Rosen appears to score a win in Nevada, and Democratic House candidates in uncalled races see a path to victory—and maybe even a narrow majority.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm John Favro. I'm John Lovett. I'm Dan Pfeiffer. Tommy Vitor.
0:24.4	On today's show, Tuesday was for voting, Wednesday was for processing, and Thursday was for blaming.
0:32.0	Yay!
0:33.3	Blame, blame, blame, blame, blame. Just 48 hours after Americans went to the polls, the Democratic Party, recrimination, soul-searching, post-mortem, blame game.
0:41.2	Pick-your-clicay has begun.
0:43.6	Plus, and some critical good news for Democrats, Senator Jackie Rosen, looks like she's going to hang on in Nevada.
0:50.0	We'll talk about the latest updates with the ballots still being counted in House and Senate races all across the country and what it all means for fighting back against Trump's second term agenda.
0:59.6	I just hurt saying that, huh?
1:01.7	But first, on Wednesday, Kamala Harris officially conceded to Donald Trump in a phone call and then gave her concession speech at Howard University, where she hoped she'd be giving her victory
1:11.0	speech the night before. Then on Thursday, Joe Biden gave his first public remarks since his
1:16.5	vice president's crushing loss. Here is a sampling from each. To the young people who are watching,
1:23.2	it is okay to feel sad and disappointed, but please know it's going to be okay.
1:30.3	On the campaign, I would often say, when we fight, we win.
1:35.3	But here's the thing, here's the thing.
1:38.3	Sometimes the fight takes a while.
1:40.3	That doesn't mean we won't win.
1:43.3	That doesn't mean we won't win. That doesn't mean we won't win.
1:46.0	The important thing is don't ever give up.
1:51.0	Don't ever give up. Don't ever.
1:53.0	Stop trying to make the world a better place.
1:58.0	We're leaving behind the strongest economy in the world.
2:02.6	I know people are still hurting, but things are changing rapidly.
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