Democratic lawmakers and party leaders are starting to blame one another for the failures of the Build Back Better legislation, which was championed and pushed through by President Biden’s Administration. A Los Angeles Times story reveals that Democrats expressed frustration at the White House’s rhetoric, especially the chief of staff Ron Klain, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

An anonymous senator asked if Schumer or the administration were responsible for the final defeat of the spending bill.

“So Manchin left Build Back Better because the White House was shining too much spotlight on him. Your response is to vote rights and make him again the problem.” An unidentified Democratic senator spoke to the Los Angeles Times.

An anonymous lawmaker called the strategy “idiotic”

Sens. After refusing to support filibuster reform in order to pass voting rights legislation, and the president’s social-spending package Build Back Better, Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema were criticized from within the party.

It has been a long time since senators have expressed skepticism about Schumer’s and Bidens’s strategies. Many Democrats have spoken out against Biden and his fellow Democrats in the White House.

Politico reported last month that many Democratic staffers expressed frustration at Schumer’s perceived pandering towards progressive fringes and Capitol Hill.

“So, I asked every elected official in America: What do you want to be remembered?” Biden asked this question before he voted on a signature bill to remove dozens of restrictions on voting and election integrity regulations.

“At crucial moments in history, they present you with a choice: Would you rather be on Dr. [Martin Luther] King’s side or George Wallace’s? Are you ready to stand on the side of Bull Connor or John Lewis? Are you ready to stand on the side of Jefferson Davis or Abraham Lincoln? Biden asked.

The public did not like the president’s comparison of his political enemies to segregationists.

The bill was defeated in the end.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took a swipe at Sinema (a moderate Arizona Democrat) and asked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for help.

After Sinema, D-N.Y. had angrily asked Schumer, D.N.Y. to pick up the pace for conducting a floor vote within the upper chamber. This process has been known to drag out for hours.