DNC Chairman Releases Error-Riddled 2024 Autopsy Under Duress, Admitting It’s ‘Not Ready for Primetime — Not Even Close’

The chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin, has released the much-sought-after autopsy of his party’s 2024 loss — a mistake-laden, poorly executed disaster that he immediately disowned, sparking backlash even from within his own party.Mr. Martin was first elected as chairman following the 2024 loss. During his run, he promised to release a comprehensive report on why the Democrats lost all seven swing states, control of Congress, and the national popular vote for the first time in two decades. After months of working on the report, investigators came back with what Mr. Martin described as a final result that was not “ready for primetime — not even close.”“When I received the report late last year, it wasn’t ready for primetime — not even close — and because no source material was provided, it would have meant starting over. I could not in good faith put the DN’s stamp of approval on the report that was produced,” Mr. Martin said in a statement Thursday. He says he made his decision after last November when Democrats had swept off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey. He said the insufficient autopsy would be a “distraction” from those victories. “For full transparency, I am releasing the report as we received it, in its entirety, unedited and unabridged. It does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards, but l am doing this because people need to be able to trust the Democratic Party and trust our word,” he said Thursday. Mr. Martin has been getting grilled for months by Democratic Party insiders who felt that mishandled the rollout of the report. Many have said he either should have released the autopsy last year with a statement describing it as insufficient, or announced the faulty results presented to him and declared that he would commission a new autopsy. Mr. Martin did neither of those things, however, and instead told DNC members and reporters that he would scrap the autopsy altogether. He made the decision to release the report Thursday as a result of that pressure campaign. The author’s name was not included in the autopsy released Thursday. On all 192 pages of the document, Mr. Martin and his staff included an italicized header to make as clear as possible that they in no way endorse the final product. “Disclaimer: This document reflects the views of the author, not the DNC. The DNC was not provided with the underlying sourcing, interviews, or supporting data for many of the assertions contained herein and therefore cannot independently verify the claims presented,” the statement says. Throughout the document, DNC leaders highlighted several phrases and sentences, adding comments to those areas that they have no source data that the author used to make claims. The executive summary itself is missing, which the DNC notes in the report.

DNC Chairman Releases Error-Riddled 2024 Autopsy Under Duress, Admitting It’s ‘Not Ready for Primetime — Not Even Close’

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