Democrats point fingers after Virginia defeat
By Amie Parnes and Morgan Chalfant - 11/03/21 04:35 PM EDT
Democrats are pointing fingers at one another after the party endured a difficult defeat in the Virginia gubernatorial race and an uncomfortable near-miss in New Jersey.
For some Democrats, the results brought on a sense of déjà vu, drawing flashbacks to the 2009 governor’s contest in Virginia and the “shellacking” — as former President Obama dubbed it — one year later in the 2010 midterm elections.
Many expressed frustration at the gridlock on Capitol Hill. Terry McAuliffe, the losing Democrat in Virginia, and his allies had pressed for the House to pass a Senate-approved bipartisan infrastructure bill months ago, believing it would help him.
But that bill was stuck in a standoff between centrists and moderates over the broader Biden agenda.
“Where does the party stand? Chaos — again,” said one top Democratic strategist as votes were still being tallied in the New Jersey race. “The Democratic Party leadership seems to revel in its tone-deafness that consistently ignores voters' concerns, and whose condescending elitist rhetoric and messaging is setting the party up for a catastrophic outcome in 2022 and 2024.”
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