Did Democrats learn their lesson after losing big in 2024? Apparently not.
Opinion by Chai Komanduri • 1d
What is the future of the Democratic Party? DNC picks new chair
This past weekend, Democratic leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., to elect new leadership for the Democratic National Committee. With the new Trump administration already trampling on the rights of U.S. citizens, purging watchdogs, destroying alliances, rolling back the U.S. government’s commitment to equality and much, much more, the stakes couldn’t be higher. And after the party lost the White House and the Senate and failed to retake the House, surely change was in the air? No. The DNC’s members elevated the committee’s vice chair to chair and kept much of the senior leadership intact.
As Trump is upending every democratic norm in existence, the Democratic Party is doubling down on status quo and seniority — to the detriment of both the party and the country.
In the Senate, Democratic leadership hasn’t changed in almost a decade. That leadership’s response to the first two weeks of the Trump administration has been sclerotic at best: We had Minority Whip Dick Durbin issue a joint memo with Republican Chuck Grassley that no one will read, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer talking about how people are “aroused” by the administration’s funding freeze (leading to this funny rebuke from Seth Meyers) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the third-ranking Democrat, bragging about her Inauguration Day limo ride with Trump. The New York Times reported that in a phone call last week, Democratic governors ranging from Minnesota’s Tim Walz to Kansas’ Laura Kelly to Kentucky’s Andy Beshear begged Schumer and Senate Democrats to push back more forcefully against the new administration.
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