Democrats performed well in the 2025 elections and now enjoy a favorable climate ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Still, party insiders have expressed trepidation and even panic over leadership at the Democratic National Committee.
According to The Bulwark, which bills itself as an outlet “founded to provide analysis and reporting in defense of America’s liberal democracy,” DNC members have spoken in private about a possible mutiny against DNC Chair Ken Martin.
The report cited three sources “familiar with these conversations.”
In the end, the mutinous DNC members shelved their plan because they lacked ready alternatives. Frustration with Martin, however, has nonetheless reached a tipping point.
Part of that frustration stems from Martin’s interview late last month on the “Pod Save America” podcast.
In that interview, Martin gave what some DNC members and party strategists characterized as ridiculous excuses for not releasing the DNC’s own autopsy of the 2024 election, in
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