Once viewed as a potential savior for the Democratic Party after Joe Biden 's reelection campaign stalled, Kamala Harris and her supporters are reckoning with a profound rejection by American voters in this year's presidential election.

Allies close to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are blasting progressives for their claim that Harris lost the presidential race because the Democratic Party “abandoned” working-class voters.

For many Democratic voters, Vice President Kamala Harris' loss to Donald Trump was disappointing but not surprising, they said in interviews, agreeing that their party hadn't done enough to talk about the economy and lamenting lingering racism and sexism.