Posted on 12/21/2025 12:29:04 PM PST by Navy Patriot
Democrat Party members reportedly are angry that Chairman Ken Martin decided to bury a postmortem of the 2024 election.
Democrats commissioned an extensive internal review of what went wrong after their losses last year only to have Martin decide the public, donors, and even many party activists won't get to see it.
The backlash is coming from inside the Democrat tent, where strategists and operatives warn that refusing to air the findings reinforces a growing trust problem and all but guarantees the party repeats the mistakes.
The DNC's "autopsy," the Washington Examiner noted, followed a bruising cycle in which Democrats lost the presidency, lost the Senate, and failed to win back the House — a trifecta that should have triggered serious, public soul-searching.
One insider told The Hill the party has a habit of "gloss[ing] things over" and pretending "nothing to see here," adding, "And that's how we lose elections."
That criticism goes to the heart of what conservatives have long argued, that the Democrat Party is increasingly run like a brand-management operation, quick to message and slow to confront reality.
Democrats can tout midterm hopes all they want, but refusing transparency about a historic defeat looks like avoidance, not confidence.
The New York Times, which first detailed the internal review, reported that the DNC conducted more than 300 interviews with Democrats in all 50 states.
Martin summed up the rationale bluntly: If it doesn't help the party win, it's a "distraction," according to the Times.
That logic is precisely what critics say is backward.
The Hill reported Democrat operatives worry the party still lacks a compelling, unifying message beyond opposition to President Donald Trump and that "Trump bashing is not enough."
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Smart move to not dwell on old news and look forward. 2026 is going to be very different from 2024 anyway.
The biggest mistake the Dims made was running Harris, one of the worst presidential candidates in U.S. history
Maybe the autopsy revealed pattern of cheating wasn’t as effective.
That would be my guess.
When your “autopsy” reveals you lost because of unpopular policies on issues regarding the economy, crime, trannies and illegals, you can’t release it and not change your policies. Always beholden to their whacky base, dems chose to bury the report.
Here’s the summary….
Kamala
Who got paid for no results again......................
Yup—there have been several wannabe Democrat “opinion leaders” trying to get the Democrats to moderate their views on the issues you mentioned.
Those “opinion leaders” have zero political clout and are being completely ignored by national, state and local Democrat officials.
That is the big Democrat Party story of 2025.
There are a LOT of hits on this issue. It has taken a life of it’s own, they can’t hide this. Might be a better word search.
https://www.barrons.com/news/record-high-15-9-bn-spent-on-us-election-campaigns-163bb6f7
Remember, the rats spend $16 Billion on the election.
Yep, it’s a lot to sort through.
I wonder what the forces behind the scenes led to the Democrats insisting on a debate before the conventions. Did someone want to humiliate Biden into quitting? Or did they think that he could still be juiced up enough to appear coherent for one last time in June and then refuse future debates.
Now consider that Democraps are Evil Smart, not normal American Citizen Smart.
Yup—this is an example of what I am sure the report told the Democrats not to do:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/4356877/posts
For example, the findings reflect a consensus that Democratic candidates did not adequately address voter concerns on public safety and immigration, two topics that Trump hammered in his comeback campaign. They also found that Democrats must overhaul their digital outreach, especially to younger voters, a group where Trump saw key gains over Harris compared with previous elections.
I will wait for Trumps repeated comments on this issue. They will come..........................
The backlash is coming from inside the Democrat tent, where strategists and operatives warn that refusing to air the findings reinforces a growing trust problem and all but guarantees the party repeats the mistakes.
There are many, but here a few. Crappy performance in office. Lying all the time. Hiding Bidens decline, then lying about it. Not having a primary and shoving an idiot down our throats. There is more, but thats a start.
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