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Ken Martin wins election as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

i mean no offense but if we're worried about the "Democratic establishment" it should probably give people pause that the vast majority of Democratic establishment leadership supported Ben Wikler, while the majority of Ken Martin's support was from the "grassroots" state party infrastructure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Democratic_National_Committee_chairmanship_election#Endorsements

Dick Durbin, Senate Minority Whip (2005–2007, 2015–2021, 2025–present) from Illinois (1997–present)[66]

Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader (2017–2021, 2025–present) from New York (1999–present)[69]

Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader (2023–present) from NY-08 (2013–present)[70]

Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007–2011, 2019–2023) from CA-11 (1987–present)[72]

(also, there is literally no ideological difference between most of these people. do you think Ben Wikler for example is pro-DSA? lol)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

(oh, and that doesn't even touch on Reid Hoffman and George Soros backing Wikler with a fucking PAC for an insider-baseball race like this)