President Joe Biden predicted the Democrats will preserve Vice President Kamala Harris as a significant social gathering participant regardless of her blowout election loss whereas thanking marketing campaign donors on Sunday.
“You’re not going anywhere, kid. We aren’t letting you,” Biden mentioned to Harris throughout his remarks on the Democratic Nationwide Committee vacation reception.
The pair had been joined by their spouses on the reception, the place they sought to stoke the egos of key donors — encouraging them not to surrender hope following the election washout — whereas piecing collectively the stays of Biden’s sundowning presidency.
Republicans clinched Election Day throughout the board, gaining the bulk within the Home and Senate on high of Donald Trump’s White Home victory.
The sweeping loss has led to a reckoning inside the social gathering as Democrats look to the place they went improper and what — or who — wants to alter to enchantment to the American individuals.
“We all get knocked down. My dad would say when you get knocked down, you just got to get up. The measure of a person or a party is how fast they get back up,” Biden instructed donors on the vacation occasion.
Donors from each events spent a mind-blowing $4.7 billion in the course of the 2024 election cycle — with a majority going to Harris’ marketing campaign throughout her speedrun to the Democratic nominee within the ultimate months of the race.
Democrats, bolstered by their allied tremendous PACs and different partisan teams, raised $2.9 billion, together with $700 million over simply 700 Democrat-organized occasions, Harris mentioned.
“You rallied, you opened your homes, you reached out to your friends and your family,” Harris mentioned Sunday.
“You put your personal capital — and by that I mean your relationships — at stake to talk with people because you care so deeply, and you connected with people and took the time to remind them of what is at stake and what was at stake.”
Whereas Biden acknowledged the lasting burn many Democrats nonetheless really feel following Trump’s victory, he mentioned that they need to nonetheless be pleased with what they had been in a position to accomplish.
“We could never have gotten as much done as we did without you,” Biden mentioned.
“You not only contributed to the campaign, but you did something, I think, even more important. You were willing to lend your names, your reputation, your character to the effort.”
With Submit wires.
