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Democrats blame Joe Biden for Harris' loss to Trump—'if he had stepped down in January instead of July, we may be in a very different place'

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Vice President Biden 's decision to seek reelection until this summer all but sealed his party’s surrender of the White House .

Biden will leave office after leading the U.S. out of the worst pandemic in a century and passing a $1 trillion infrastructure bill.

Some high-ranking Democrats express frustration with Biden for failing to recognize earlier in the election cycle that he was not up to the challenge.

Biden left Democrats in an untenable place, strategists say.

The vice president's defeat was the most devastating the party has faced in his lifetime.

Democrats are poised to control the White House and Senate , but control of the House has yet to be determined.

Some Democrats say they wish Biden had had more time to make her pitch to American voters.