Miniapolis (AP) – Ken Martin Is in the battle of his life.
As chairman of the Democratic National Committee, in just six months, a low-profile political operative from Minnesota is accused of leading his party’s formal resistance to President Donald Trump and fixing the Democratic brand.
Martin told Associated Press, “I think our party has the biggest partition, not clearly, not ideological.” “The biggest partitions are those who are standing and fighting and those who are sitting on the shore.”
“We are using every lever of power, we have to take the fight Donald Trump“He said about DNC.
And yet, as hundreds of democratic officer Martin gather for the first official DNC meeting on Monday in Minianpolis Grihanagar, since he becomes a chair, there is evidence that Martin’s battle can expand well beyond the current living in the Oval office.
The big Democratic donors are unhappy with their own party’s direction and do not write checks. There are fragmented on issues like political groups Israel-we warThe party’s message is Marki. Voters and young people of the major block-Kakshkaji class of the Democratic Base have gone from them.
And there is a deep disappointment that the Democratic Party led by Martin is not doing enough to stop the Republican President – no matter how difficult his rhetoric is.
Jeanna Repas, president of the Cenus Democratic Party, said, “There are no magic fixes, who have so far praised Martin’s performance.” He is trying to lead at a time where everyone wants it to be decided now. And this is not just going to happen. “
At the three -day summer meeting of this week, DNC officials are expected to make real progress in reversing. Pompous and despair Since Republican seized the White House and the Congress’s control fell last.
This cannot be so easy.
Confidence questions and money problems
At least one of the at least one of the DNC members considering a vote of mistrust against Martin privately this week, because the committee’s weak money rarying, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation, who was given oblivion to share internal discussions. Ultimately, the mistrust vote will not proceed as Martin’s critics cannot get adequate support from the party’s extensive membership, including more than 400 elected officials from every state and many regions.
Nevertheless, the financial position of the committee is weaker than the opposition.
The most recent federal filing suggests that DNC has $ 14 million in the bank in late July as compared to the Republican National Committee $ 84 million. The figure of Democrats represents its lowest level of cash on the hand at least in the last five years.
Martin and his colleagues, including his predecessor Jam Harrison, say that it is not appropriate to compare the current financial health of the party with recent years, when the Democratic President who was at the Biden White House.
Harrison indicated 2017 as a more accurate comparison. That year, the committee struggled to raise money in months after losing to Trump for the first time. And in the mid -term elections of 2018, Harrison said, Democrats overcame their funds and won the house majority and several Senate seats.
“These are just common pains of being a Democrat when we don’t have a white house,” said Harrison. “Kane is looking for his feet.”
Martin admitted that the big donors have been burnt after the last election, which forced the committee to turn to small dollars, who have responded well.
Martin said, “Money will not be the ultimate determinant in this (mid -term) election.” “We are investing in our state parties, investing records. … We have money to operate. We are not in a bad position.”
Gaza debate can be ugly
While Martin is roughly popular between the rank and file of DNC, internal partitions can publicly flare up this week when the committee considers resolutions competing about the Israel-Hamas war.
A proposed resolution would have encouraged DNC to suspend the Congress Democratic members to suspend military assistance to Israel, establish a weapon embarrago and recognize Palestine as a country, according to the language reviewed by the AP. The remedy also states that there is a loss of crisis in Gaza. More than 60,000 lives And 1.7 million Palestinians displacement “at the hands of the government of Israel.”
The DNC leadership led by Martin introduced a competitive resolution, adding more reference to the challenges of Israel.
A line, for example, refers to “the pain of both Palestinians and Israelis” and notes the number of Israeli Hamas’s October 7 attack On Israel. The version of Martin asks for a two-state solution, but there is no reference to the number of Palestinians, which have been killed or displaced, nor have a call to eliminate military assistance or arms embarragos.
Meanwhile, another proposed resolution will confirm DNC’s commitment to “diversity, equity and inclusion”. Many Democrats, Business and Educational Institutions have removed themselves from DEI programs after Trump and other Republicans attacked him as the policies of Democrat’s “wake”.
Finally, Martin said the party needs to concentrate its message on the economy.
“There is no doubt that we have to return to a message that resonates with voters,” he said. “And focusing on an economic agenda is the thing that brings into conversation to all parts of our alliance and Americans.”
“We have to work to ensure,” he said.
President’s possibilities on agenda
The DNC is far from deciding which vote on the 2028 President’s primary calendar, but the discussion will begin in Bayana at the Minianpolis Sabha, where at least three President’s possibilities will be painted among the speakers: Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, Minnesota village.
Martin said DNC was open to change from the 2024 calendar, which was closed in South Carolina, pushing the traditional openers Iowa and New Hampshire back. In recent times, Iowa Democrat is publicly Threatened to go wicked And ignore the wishes of DNC if they are left again in 2028.
This week the DNC rules and Bylaws committee expect that the next calendar will look like the selection process, although the calendar is likely to be completed by 2027.
“We are going to ensure that the process is open, that any state that wants to bid in the early window can do it,” Martin said.
Steve People, Associated Press
