John, the DNC just decided NOT to release its autopsy report analyzing the 2024 Election:
On the heels of our massive losses as a party in 2024, I ran to serve on the DNC’s leadership because I wanted to change the party. I did so because I care deeply about building a Democratic Party that actually wins. I was elected to that role, but ultimately removed due to my work to challenge the status quo and primary asleep-at-the-wheel incumbents in safe Democratic seats.
The DNC hiding this autopsy report is further proof that our party leadership isn’t serious about fixing what’s wrong. They don’t even want to talk about it! They’d rather face the midterms with blinders on than disclose where they went wrong. This will not help us rebuild faith with the American people. Quite honestly, it’s gaslighting.
To win in 2026 and beyond, we need to change the party. And if we really want to fix it, we have to be willing to admit that something is broken in the first place.
If the party leaders won’t take the steps required to rebuild the party into a winning coalition (even after they literally pledged to do so), we will take matters into our own hands.
The reason Leaders We Deserve decided to challenge a select number of ineffectual Democratic incumbents in safe seats is not because it makes me popular in DC, it’s because the thing that we need to do most is the thing that 95% of DC is terrified of doing: challenging the status quo.
Many elected officials and party leaders say they want change, but few actually do. Why? Any serious threat to the status quo also threatens their position of power, and they will do everything they can to stop that threat.
What concerns me most about the state of our party is that our decisions do not seem to be driven by principles. More than anything, they are driven by fear. Fear of pissing off special interests. Fear of pissing off consultants. Fear of pissing off leaders in Congress. Fear of learning from our own mistakes. What we need to fear most is the fact that while party leadership ignores the uncomfortable truth in favor of sticking to the status quo, we are losing the American people.
That’s why Leaders We Deserve is raising $20 million to contest red-to-blue districts across the country AND unseat ineffective, asleep-at-the-wheel Democrats in Congress.
We have already raised a significant portion of that goal. If you need a nudge to make your first donation to power our work today, let the DNC spiking this autopsy report be your motivation.
Thank you for everything you’re doing,
David
