California Representative Robert Garcia, who co-chaired Kamala Harris' campaign, has shared his thoughts ... Garcia added that the Democratic Party has to "be on the ground, we have to listen, and have to recognize as a party that working-class issues ...

Harris’ flat-footedness in that moment was an act of political malpractice — and a sign of how she and the Democratic party establishment misread the political moment. This was a "change election," largely because of widespread lingering resentment over inflation, and Harris wanted to play it safe at a time when playing it safe was the wrong move.