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Facing intense internal pressure, DNC releases postelection autopsy that criticizes Kamala Harris (apnews.com)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris “wrote off rural America” during the 2024 presidential campaign and failed to attack Donald Trump with sufficient “negative firepower,” according to a long-awaited post-election autopsy released on Thursday by the Democratic National Committee.

The committee’s chair, Ken Martin, shared the 192-page report only after facing intense internal pressure from frustrated Democratic operatives concerned with his leadership. Martin had originally promised to release the autopsy, only to keep it under wraps for months because he was concerned it would be a distraction ahead of the midterms as Democrats mobilize to take back control of Congress.

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[–] etherphon@piefed.world 8 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

It would have been nice if everyone showed up to vote too but I guess another Donald Trump presidency wasn't scary enough for people. Well. Thanks a lot.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

It would have been nice if everyone showed up to vote too

Democrats dismantled one of the most effective GOTV operations in the Midwest because of an obvious psyop by a college drop out.

That was the beginning of a long and miserable series of defeats at every level of government for the next 18 years.

Gotta wonder what you are supposed to think about a party that won't fight for the VRA, won't fight for the courts, won't fight for DC statehood, and won't fight for the wildly popular anti-war and pro-health care policies that they campaigned on.

At the very fucking least, Biden could have delivered on a prosecution of the Trump administration, rather than telling his voters that Trump had done nothing illegal.

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah I understand it's really flabbergasting that we don't have more power and that we can't put forth better choices but we had a choice put before us. You can bring all kinds of other conjecture about it until you're blue in the face but the fact is people had a choice and they made a poor one. Time will tell if it was better in the long run or not, maybe it is better that all the ugliness of pure capitalism is on full gross display, who knows.

[–] CaptMurica@beehaw.org 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Blaming voters for not lining up behind their anointed cop is why the Democrats will keep losing.

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 2 points 53 minutes ago

Yeah probably, but unfortunately people need to vote.

[–] baronvonj@piefed.social 1 points 38 minutes ago

The blame doesn't fall wholly on the one side or the other, here. Between the voters, nominees, campaign runners, and the party itself every had something they needed to do to win. Failures were made among all groups and it's valid to point all of them out.