Dear Editor,<\/p>\n
Journalist Amie Parnes of The Hill recently appeared on CNN with Jake Tapper and said that the Democratic Party is still a mess and in even worse shape than it was right after its massive loss in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n
Parnes suggests that there is still a lot of infighting among members of the party and that some strategists on the left want to \u2018burn the house down\u2019 and start over.<\/p>\n
Democrats still have no leader, no message, and no ideas on how to solve these problems.<\/p>\n
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:<\/p>\n
JAKE TAPPER: Amie, let me start with you. Near the end of the book, you framed the 2024 election this way for Democrats. You say, quote, “Democrats tried to break Donald Trump. Instead, they shattered again. They said they were saving the country, the presidency, and Congress from Trump and his MAGA movement; they saved nothing, not even themselves.<\/p>\n
Democrats lost everything, including their friendships.<\/p>\n
Based on your interviews with top Democrats then and now, is the party still in the shambles it was in November and December of last year?<\/p>\n
AMIE PARNES, CO-AUTHOR, FIGHT: It\u2019s honestly even worse right now, Jake. And I think they\u2019re scrambling to find out who their leader is, but they\u2019re also in the midst of an identity crisis. They don\u2019t know who they are right now. They don\u2019t know what their message is.<\/p>\n
And, you know, I\u2019ve said this repeatedly over the last couple of days, but I think what they need to do and what I think a lot of strategists are telling me is that they need to almost burn the house down, but not only burn the house down, accept some accountability and say, “This is what went wrong. This is what we need to do now,” and, you know, take responsibility for President Biden and maybe not getting him out sooner. And, you know, they really need to have a little bit of introspection here.<\/p>\n
Democrats can\u2019t seem to help themselves. They don\u2019t have anything serious to offer the American people.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Jim Outman<\/p>\n
Owego, N.Y. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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