The DNC’s 2024 autopsy is out

The Democratic National Committee — after months of both internal and external pressure — released a haphazard version of its autopsy of Kamala Harris’ failed 2024 presidential campaign on Thursday. The report paints a bleak portrait of the party following the crushing loss to President Donald Trump, who carried every battleground state in his Electoral College romp, even as it fails to address some of the defining issues of the campaign, including Israel and Gaza. Democrats “have proven incapable of projecting strength, unity, and leadership, and voters have drifted away,” Democratic strategist Paul Rivera, who authored the report but is not mentioned in the published version, writes. The autopsy was first released by CNN and shortly after published by the DNC. Rivera writes that since President Barack Obama’s historic win in 2008, “Democrats have lost ground at every level of government.” “These losses are the direct result of missed opportunities to invest in our states, counties, and local parties and candidates,” he writes.