Recriminations are going on behind the scenes between aides to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as they try to work out whether there is blame to be assigned for Donald Trump's victory on Tuesday night, CNN White House correspondent Kayla Tausche told Anderson Cooper.
In particular, she said, there are arguments over whether it was really the best move to force Biden out of the race in the summer, or whether it was in fact his unpopularity casting a shadow over the whole race to begin with.
"There has been some friction between the two of them, as Joe Biden, who believes he's done a good job as president, believes he deserves more of the credit and where they have successes that she shouldn't have been taking the credit, and there's a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking between aides in Joe Biden world."
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Ultimately, she continued, "They believe she was a flawed candidate, and believe Joe Biden, maybe he could have pulled the blue wall if he remained the candidate. There's also some finger-pointing at former President [Barack] Obama and Nancy Pelosi, who urged Joe Biden to step aside in favor of other candidates."
There is plenty of speculation on the other side too, though, she added.
"There's this reckoning over the president's deep unpopularity, and they didn't truly grasp how the electorate was truly feeling about the agenda."
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