Even after the departure of David Hogg as vice chair, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is being plagued by infighting and chaos, according to a new report from the New York Times.
Even worse, the party is allegedly going broke and may have to borrow money just to continue simple day to day operations.
From the New York Times:
The D.N.C. Is in Chaos and Desperate for CashJust months into the tenure of a new party leader, Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee’s financial situation has grown so bleak that top officials have discussed whether they might need to borrow money this year to keep paying the bills.Fund-raising from major donors — some of whom Mr. Martin has still not spoken with — has slowed sharply. At the same time, he has expanded the party’s financial commitments to every state, and even to far-flung territories like Guam.Fellow Democrats are grumbling that Mr. Martin, who quietly accepted a raise after taking the post, has been badly distracted by internal battles. So far, they say, he has been unable to help unite his party against Republicans, who control the federal government.A protracted and public fight with David Hogg, the 25-year-old activist turned D.N.C. vice chair who blindsided party officials with a plan to challenge incumbent Democrats, made things worse. The clash included the leak of embarrassing audio of Mr. Martin questioning his own role and ended in Mr. Hogg’s unceremonious exit this month…Six people briefed on the party’s fund-raising, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss its finances frankly, said big donors — who are an essential part of the party’s funding — had been very slow to give to the party this year as Mr. Martin solicits contributions. His commitment to state parties, which amounts to $1 million in monthly spending, has further strained the finances.
It’s very easy to understand why donors are not lining up to hand over their cash to the DNC. The Kamala Harris campaign spent upwards of two billion dollars on the 2024 campaign and still came up short. In the weeks following the election, accusations flew about gross acts of misspending and consultants raking in large amounts of money.
Nick Arama of RedState adds this:
So, not only are they very reliant on big donors, even as they try to paint the Republicans as the party of billionaires, but the DNC also has a bunch of insiders leaking to the Times. Is that an effort to hurt/take down Martin? Any which way you slice it, it doesn’t sound good.Martin said it wasn’t their plan at this point to borrow and he insisted their grass-roots fundraising was strong.He also started a new streaming show on YouTube, “The Daily Blueprint,” that the Times described as having “high-end production.” But it’s gotten very little viewership, with some shows getting fewer than 1000 views. Yeesh, that’s awful. You aren’t doing much reaching out if you can’t even draw more people than that.
That last part is important and correct. I went to YouTube and checked out the channel. They have quite a few videos, some of which even feature former President Obama, that have less than a thousand views.
That would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
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