A Kamala Harris campaign aide reveals that she never exceeded Trump's performance in internal polls.

During her presidential campaign, a top aide to Vice President Kamala Harris disclosed that internal polls never predicted her defeating President-elect Donald Trump in a podcast interview.

On Pod Save America, David Plouffe, senior adviser to Harris, stated that they didn't receive the necessary breaks on Election Day.

"It was surprising because public polls in late September and early October revealed leads we never had."

The same group of top Harris aides, including Jen O'Malley Dillon, Stephanie Cutter, and Quentin Fulks, appeared on the podcast to discuss their reasons for losing the election.

Plouffe acknowledged that Harris had surpassed Trump in several respected polls nationwide.

"Kamala Harris was behind when she became the nominee, but we managed to climb back and were very close in the battleground states, even after the debates. In the end, it was a close race."

Despite the top advisers on the campaign being aware of Harris' polling deficit, this information was not made known to other relevant parties, including those seeking funding from donors.

According to Planet Chronicle Digital, Lindy Li, a member of the DNC National Finance Committee and a fundraiser for the Harris campaign, stated that "That's not what we were told."

"We were assured that she had a chance of winning, but it was just a slim possibility. Additionally, I was informed that Pennsylvania was leaning our way, and we would likely win 3-4 swing states."

"We were informed on election night that we would win Iowa."

Li claims that it is "absolutely not" normal for a campaign to conceal this type of information.

"I have been doing this since I graduated from college over a decade ago."

Li stated that gaining back donors' trust may be necessary due to the discrepancy between the campaign's messaging and reality, as some casual donors may react with skepticism, saying, "No f---ing way."

"The extent to which he beat her was the shock, not that he would beat her. It was a decisive defeat."