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Democrats belatedly publish 2024 election autopsy report: ‘It won’t meet your standards’
DNC chair Ken Martin apologizes for initial bid to block release of report on party’s disastrous election defeat The Democratic party has belatedly published a postmortem on its disastrous 2024 election defeat, after an initial decision to withhold the document triggered an angry backlash. Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), released the report – which fails to mention Gaza or Joe Biden’s age – accompanied by an apology to party members angered by his initial decision to keep the analysis of Kamala Harris’s loss to Donald Trump and defeat in both houses of Congress under wraps. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Democrats belatedly publish 2024 election autopsy report: ‘It won’t meet your standards’, DNC chair Ken Martin apologizes for initial bid to block release of report on party’s disastrous election defeat The Democratic party has belatedly published a postmortem on its disastrous 2024 election defeat, after an initial decision to withhold the document triggered an angry backlash. Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), released the report – which fails to mention Gaza or Joe Biden’s age – accompanied by an apology to party members angered by his initial decision to keep the analysis of Kamala Harris’s loss to Donald Trump and defeat in both houses of Congress under wraps. Continue reading…
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- Democrats belatedly publish 2024 election autopsy report: ‘It won’t meet your standards’The Guardian - 2026-05-21T18:29:53+00:00
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