Democrats are tired of Joe Biden saying he would have won.

What they want, they say, is for the former president to admit to his part in the party’s 2024 loss to Donald Trump.

Democratic strategists, operatives and donors this week in conversations and text exchanges all reiterated the same thing: They want Biden to take responsibility for former Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat to the new president.

They also say he never should have run for a second term in the first place.

“Would it be nice if Biden finally accepted and admitted he shouldn't have run for a second term? Sure,” said Democratic strategist Anthony Coley, who worked for the Biden administration. “But candidly, does it really matter at this point? History will have the final say — and its first draft isn't looking good.”

Democrats continue to find themselves in a dire state as they desperately try to figure out how to rebuild their party after November’s devastating defeat.

Polling this week from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs revealed that only about one-third of Democrats are “very optimistic” or “somewhat optimistic” about the future of their party. That is a huge drop from July........

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