Three months out from losing every bit of power they once wielded, there are zero visible signs that the Democrats are even capable of introspection or that they learned a single thing from their faceplant on Nov. 5, 2024.
If there is one place to gauge a party’s state of mind and forward strategy, it is at the level of party leadership. And the spectacle on display in the race for Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair demonstrated that it intends to carry on with the same radical agenda and identity politics that were overwhelmingly rejected by the voters. It did not take long to figure that out. The forum for DNC chair candidates conducted in DC last week was hosted by three far-left personalities from MSNBC – Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, and Jonathan Capehart – which was enough evidence by itself that the party will continue to bow to its most extreme voices.
Before the proceedings even commenced, multiple protesters interrupted with shouts about “climate emergency” and “fossil fuel money.” That was followed by an attempt to unfurl a banner on the stage about some sort of radical cause. Once that display was over and the protesters were escorted from the premises, the forum began with Capehart asking for a show of hands among the candidates on who believes racism and misogyny contributed to Kamala Harris’ defeat. Each candidate raised a hand, to which Capehart replied, “That’s good, you all pass.”
Falling in line like sycophants, all candidates later heaped praise on outgoing party chair Jamie Harrison, who oversaw the Democrats’ electoral disaster. The delegates rejected the candidates who hinted at even modest reform and quickly voted in another insider, Ken Martin, a white progressive who headed the party’s operations in Minnesota. In the midst of it all, there was an embarrassing debacle surrounding the need to meet gender quotas among members of the DNC, during which Harrison could not even explain the rules requiring a prescribed balance of men, women, and transgenders.
‘Self-Reinforcing Echo Chamber’ of Democrats
In an excellent piece in The Wall Street Journal, author Molly Ball called the event “a near-parody of the party’s self-reinforcing echo chamber … captive to leftist activists, obsessed with divisive litmus tests, out of touch with regular people’s concerns and in thrall to a patronizing identity politics that alienates many of the very minorities it is meant to attract.” She quoted one of the few on hand for the forum willing to face the truth, former congressional candidate Adam Frisch, as saying, “Twenty big cities, Aspen and Martha’s Vineyard — that’s what’s left of the Democratic Party.” […]
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