As the 2024 election season draws to a close, several prominent figures in the media and Democratic Party find themselves in a precarious position after disappointing performances at the polls.
Chuck Schumer & Nancy Pelosi
Democrats, led by Sen. Chuck Schumer, lost their majority in the November election, and Republicans now control the chamber.
“As I have said many times, the only way to get things done in the Senate, whether in the majority or in the minority, is to pass bipartisan legislation that upholds our principles – and for the next two years. That won't change,” Schumer said. he said in a statement after the November election.
Harris disappears from spotlight after election loss, vacations in Hawaii
George Soros, Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey (Getty Images)
Despite Vice President Harris suffering a decisive loss to President-elect Donald Trump, the New York Democratic Party praised her “historic candidacy” that “touched millions of people.”
Schumer and House Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi both campaigned vigorously for Biden and Harris, with Pelosi reportedly working to push Biden off the Harris-supporting ticket. However, it was ultimately not successful.
Since the election, Ms. Pelosi has come under intense scrutiny from Democrats and liberal media over her role in cornering Mr. Biden at the last minute.
Pelosi criticized Biden after the election, saying he should have resigned sooner.
“And like I'm saying, Kamala might have been, and I think she did well[in the primaries]and would have come out even stronger going forward. But we don't know that. Well, that didn't happen. We live with what happened,” Pelosi said. he told the New York Times. “The president's immediate endorsement of Kamala Harris made it nearly impossible to hold a primary at that time. Had it been earlier, things would have been different.”
In an article headlined “Scoop: House Democrats are fed up with Pelosi,” Axios said that while she “still instills fear in the ranks she led for 20 years,” some Democrats ” “Pelosi is clearly unhappy that she hasn't faded into the sunset as promised.” When she lost her gavel two years ago. ”
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Soros' money-making organization, which has supported progressive lawmakers and district attorneys across the country, suffered significant losses in Blue California on election night as voters overwhelmingly rejected progressives on crime issues.
California voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of Proposition 36, which repeals key provisions of Proposition 47, which the state's Democratic Party touted as progressive crime reform that would make the state safer.
When Prop. 47 was passed in 2014, it stated that most cases would be illegal if the amount stolen was less than $950, “unless the defendant has a prior conviction for murder, rape, certain sex crimes, or certain gun crimes.” Theft was downgraded from a felony to a misdemeanor.
Progressives suffered another major defeat in Los Angeles. District Attorney George Gascón, who co-authored Proposition 47 and was backed by Mr. Soros, lost to former federal prosecutor Nathan Hockman, whose crime was seen as the top issue of the election cycle. .
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Beyoncé Knowles speaks at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston on October 25, 2024. (Yi-Ching Li/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
In another loss for Soros-backed Golden State prosecutors, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price was replaced less than two years after taking office following backlash over her alleged soft-on-crime stance. was summoned.
Oakland's Democratic mayor, Shen Tao, also faced intense criticism from voters amid rising crime and was forced out of office after a recall effort passed with 65% of the vote.
In San Francisco, where crime is a major concern for voters, Democratic Mayor London Breed lost re-election.
“This is a case of people interested in crime,” said Karrie Stimson, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation and co-author of the book “Rogue Prosecutors: How Radical Soros Lawyers Are Destroying America's Communities.” I think it's much broader than just a message from someone.” he told FOX News Digital.
“This is a massive mandate, and we're asking for help from the public because we want our state back. We want our counties back, we want our cities back, and we want our failed social experiments back.” There's plenty of time and I hope they're absolute'', a terrible failure. ”
Soros' son Alex, who took over as the main face of the Soros empire, came under heated attack from conservatives during the campaign when he publicly hugged vice presidential candidate Tim Walz in his New York City penthouse. It was done.
Celebrities who support Harris
Harris' presidential campaign was perhaps the most star-studded in modern political history, with Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Usher, Beyoncé and many other celebrities in the race. Her participation in campaigns and direct promotion of her candidacy, as well as advertisements, ultimately failed to sway voters in battleground states.
The Harris campaign, which spent more than $1 billion in three months of extravagance, has come under intense scrutiny for spending millions on high-profile events with celebrities, and its editorial board, the Chicago Tribune. From the paper: “It's one thing for a large number of followers to stand next to a candidate on a podium and say a few words alone, but it's another thing to do an entire livestreamed event with, say, Oprah Winfrey.”
“Instead, rather than holding such an event, the Harris campaign should have given the candidate more of an opportunity to answer questions from independent journalists, explain herself, and explain her plans for America's future.” ” said the editorial board. I wrote. “Celebrity infiltration didn't work. Voters wanted to hear more about what Harris would do for them.”
Rep. Greg Landsman, an Ohio Democrat who won re-election in a state that Trump won by more than 10 points, accused his party this month of touting celebrity endorsements during the 2024 campaign.
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Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Harris and President Biden attend a campaign event in Pittsburgh on September 2, 2024. (AP/Jacqueline Martin)
“Nobody cares about that. We like their movies, we like their music. Who are they going to vote for? Well, it doesn't matter that much,” the congressman told CNN anchor Casey Hunt. No,” he said.
pollster
After many prominent news outlets and pollsters significantly missed their predictions for President Trump's performance in 2016, many conservatives believe that Trump's electoral strength in key battleground states will continue with a popular vote victory. He blames pollsters for failing to predict a landslide victory.
After the election, conservative commentator Charlie Kirk wrote in a post on X: “Once again, the polls were off by about 3 points total, underestimating Donald Trump's support.'' “The voting margin in 2020 was about 4 points. Hidden Trump votes will cause violence again.”
Veteran pollster J. Ann Selzer said a Des Moines Register poll released days before the election showed Harris winning Iowa by 3 points, prompting criticism from conservatives. I faced the brunt. In the end, Trump won the state by more than 13 points.
“My free advice to Democrats is to fire all the consultants and pollsters and so-called experts who give you advice on how to get the Hispanic vote, because they don't know Jack. ,” Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, Trump’s secretary of state nominee, told “American Report” this month about the shift among Hispanic voters toward Trump.
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“The truth of the matter is, Hispanic voters are not in favor of illegal immigration, they are not in favor of unchecked immigration into our country, they are not in favor of allowing criminals to roam our streets, murder, murder, rape. “Hispanic voters don't support high prices that make life unaffordable, and they don't support policies that take our jobs to other countries.” .
Biden/Harris re-election campaign
President Biden withdrew from the presidential campaign this summer under pressure from many within his own party, effectively handing the reins to the vice president despite calls to hold open primaries. He left his mark on history.
After months of campaigning and spending a billion dollars on a spending spree, Harris finally convinced voters that the policies of the Biden-Harris administration should continue into her four-year term as president. I couldn't claim it.
Fox News Digital's Julia Johnson, Alexander Hall and Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.
