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In Defense Of Ken Martin

Andrew Tobias·A.T.·3 days ago
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Because we’re all beside ourselves that Trump is destroying our country while enriching himself, it’s only natural to want to find people to blame for Kamala’s loss, and to blame “the party.” One person not to blame is Ken Martin.  Trump’s win is something Ken had nothing to do with .  He was Minnesota party chair at the time (a state Kamala and every other statewide Democrat won in 2024).  By and large, from what I can see — and having worked with 10 of them over the last 27 years — he is doing a good job as DNC chair.  (I’ll get to the “autopsy” in a second.) Nor was “the party” to blame for the disaster. “The party” doesn’t tell the candidate or her campaign what to do.  It’s not like China, where the head of the party commands total obedience. It’s unrealistic to think that then-DNC-chair Jaime Harrison could have ordered the president to drop out a year earlier (as he should have) . . .…

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