DNC chair ripped for downplaying unreleased 2024 autopsy after Dem losses: 'Self-inflicted crisis'
Ken Martin, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), gave mixed signals on Wednesday when asked if he would release some version of the 2024 autopsy — the unreleased...
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Ken Martin, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), gave mixed signals on Wednesday when asked if he would release some version of the 2024 autopsy — the unreleased report on what went wrong for Democrats in the last presidential election. That document, a 200-page analysis conducted from over 300 interviews in the wake of the 2024 election, never saw the light of day after Martin ordered its creation, much to the frustration of onlookers like Jon Favreau, host of the Pod Save America. In a recent interview, Favreau pressed Martin on whether he would still consider releasing a summary of the findings. "We’ve been releasing that, Jon. The reality is we’re not hiding the ball on this. We have been sharing those things out. There’s no smoking gun here," Martin said. OUTGOING DNC CHAIR SAYS DEMOCRATS SHOULD HAVE 'STUCK BY' BIDEN IN THE 2024 ELECTION The moment between Favreau and Martin underscores concerns Democrats have grappled with for the better part of two years: that the party is struggling to be transparent about what it needs to change to find success in the future. Democrats received a blow in November 2024 as Republicans stormed to power in a governing trifecta with control over the House of Representatives, Senate and White House. The loss has left Democrats struggling to find a national platform to rally around and are at odds over what mistakes the party should avoid repeating. Shortly after becoming DNC chair in February 2025, Martin ordered an autopsy on the loss, but pulled the plug on releasing it, arguing that it would distract from the party’s overarching goals. "We completed a comprehensive review of what happened in 2024 and are already putting our learnings into motion. And we're winning again — even in places that haven't gone blue in decades. In our conversations with stakeholders from across the Democratic ecosystem, we are aligned on what’s important, and that’s learning from the past and winning the future," Martin said. BID…