Lindy Li, a former Democratic fundraiser who switched her party affiliation over unheeded warning signs about President Joe Biden's decline in the 2024 election, says Democrats had internal polling showing that Kamala Harris was far from the party’s best shot at beating Donald Trump.

But that polling wasn’t convenient.

"The polling numbers went directly against the narrative that the party wanted to espouse," Li said.

"They knew that skipping over Kamala Harris would be a slap in the face to the bedrock of the party, which is Black women in particular, and they just wouldn't have it," Li told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.

Li recalled that former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Harris had been floated as possible replacements for Biden before Biden announced his decision to step down.

According to Li, Harris was at the bottom of the group.

"Kamala Harris came in dead last. It wasn't even close. Pete Buttigieg, who hilariously received 0% support from the Black vote, did better than she did. And yet the party is so straitjacketed by DEI that they had no choice but to appoint her," Li said.​