Democratic Party Hides 2024 Election Autopsy Because Secrets Cure Losses
KEY POINTS
- â˘DNC chair Ken Martin launched a 2024 election autopsy earlier this year but decided not to release the report.
- â˘Democratic strategists, including advisers to potential 2028 candidates, criticized withholding the report for shielding Kamala Harris.
- â˘The DNC defended the decision by citing a need to focus on the 2026 midterm elections and avoid internal party conflict.
In a party meeting fit for a political soap opera, Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin greenlit an autopsy on the 2024 election defeat, only to turn into a ghost and keep the full report secret. Despite hundreds of interviews across all 50 states, including advice from Bernie Sandersâ ex-campaign manager Jeff Weaver and AOC's chief of staff Mike Casca (who asked if report workers promised to ghost 2028 campaigns), the report vanished into the partyâs Bermuda Triangle. Harris' camp claims zero involvement, while strategists like Rebecca Katz and Lis Smith scream for transparency. Meanwhile, 'Pod Save America' hosts call the coverup a monument to complacency queued up just in time for the 2026 midterms. The DNC insists peeling back this history is a 'distraction' from winning, as it quietly hopes forgetting equals victoryâeven if that logic is the political version of shaking a Magic 8-Ball for answers.
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Source: Axios | Published: 12/19/2025 | Author: Holly Otterbein