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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

DNC chair threw phone in frustration as strains for Democrats show ahead of midterms, report says

The Democratic Party’s national office is reportedly wracked by internal politics, an unsteady leader and deep financial problems even as Democratic politicians nationwide appear to be on an upswing.

A new report from The New York Times out Sunday detailed the sheer scale of the party’s debts and financial burdens, which this past year included a major multimillion-dollar buyout of Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign donor email list. It also painted an image of a brutal work atmosphere where the boss, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin, is reportedly petrified of losing his job, certain his doom is prewritten, and surrounded by a shrinking number of loyalists.

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