"We ran the best campaign we could, considering Joe Biden was president," said one unnamed aide. "Joe Biden is the singular reason Kamala Harris and Democrats lost tonight." An unnamed former Biden aide told Politico this week that former President Barack Obama's advisers were to blame because they "publicly encouraged Democratic infighting to push Joe Biden out, didn't even want Kamala Harris as the nominee". Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat, blamed the election loss on those who plotted to oust Biden. Congressman Tom Suozzi, New York Democratic congressman, said the election loss was partly due to the party's focus on "being politically correct". Ritchie Torres, another New York Democratic congressman, posted on X, formerly Twitter, blaming "the far left". Independent Senator Bernie Sanders accused the party in a lengthy statement of abandoning working people.