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I'm not entirely sure what about this you have a problem with?
On its face, the statement seems reasonable.
What am I missing?
That's exactly what Democrats did. They decided to not listen to a bunch of groups suggesting they do things like take a strong stance against Israel because they thought that's not what the electoral majority wanted and they thought they would lose if they didn't. It didn't work out for them.
Note, I am the opposite of one of those "Kamala lost because of Israel and it's 100% here fault" people, I think there is lots of blame to go around, both from her and the Democrats, but also from people who told others not to vote for her because of Israel or people who just sat out the election. I even feel like I'm at fault for not doing more to get others to vote for her.
But they still made a really stupid move because they thought it's what the electoral majority wanted (i.e. continuing to slide rightward with their policies) rather than figure out that has not worked for them over and over.