 [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The people surrounding Joe Biden blame Nancy Pelosi for Kamala Harris' election loss as Democrats have begun to bicker over who caused the party's disaster.
It came as the president, 82, reacted to Harris' concession speech at Howard University Wednesday.
The blame game went into overdrive last night, as Biden confidantes told senior White House reporters they hold the former Speaker of the House responsible for him being pushed out of the race.
'Bidenworld' sources claim that not only should the president have stayed in the race but that he would have won the white working-class voters who Harris largely ceded to Donald Trump.
The claim that Pelosi got him out of the race is comparable to how Biden blames Barack Obama for demanding he not run in 2016 against Hillary Clinton.
However, there was also a sense of treachery within the president's ranks, as sources told CNN Senior White House correspondent Kayla Tausche that he himself 'was more deeply unpopular than anyone grasped.'
Other Democrat insiders have blamed Tim Walz for being too left wing, too folksy, and too tainted by the Kenosha riots, while others blamed every demographic possible.
Not enough white women showed up, too many black men switched to Donald Trump since 2020, and Hispanic voters abandoned the party.
Media analysts also speculated Joe Biden should have pulled the plug on his candidacy well before his disastrous debate performance.
This would have either given Harris more time to establish herself, or allowed for an open primary to select a stronger candidate, they argued.
Earlier Tuesday, Biden seemed to begin the peaceful transition of power by offering an olive branch to Trump.
Later, he offered his reaction to Harris' teary-eyed concession speech.
'What America saw today was the Kamala Harris I know and deeply admire. She's been a tremendous partner and public servant full of integrity, courage, and character,' he wrote.
Biden has called Trump to congratulate him for his dominant victory over Harris and invited him to the White House.
The 81-year-old commander-in-chief extended the olive branch to the president-elect a week after calling his supporters 'garbage' and hours after he was confirmed as his successor.
The White House confirmed Biden and Trump spoke on the phone on Wednesday afternoon and 'emphasized the importance of working to bring the country together' as well as a 'smooth transition'.
Trump's spokesperson Steven Cheung confirmed that the once again president-elect had accepted.
'President Trump looks forward to the meeting, which will take place shortly, and very much appreciated the call,' Cheung said in a statement. 
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