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On his podcast Pod Save America on Tuesday, Jon Favreau grilled Martin, asking the party leader why he reneged on his pledge in February 2025 to release the full autopsy. At the time, Martin said that the DNC had “completed a comprehensive review” of the 2024 presidential election. He even criticized the DNC for not releasing its 2016 autopsy, and said that “of course” the party will release the 2024 report.
But, when confronted by Favreau this week, after blocking the release in December, Martin sang a different tune. Contradicting himself numerous times, Martin said that the party can’t release the report in full because they are focused on putting the lessons of the autopsy in motion, while apparently keeping them secret from the public and even non-senior DNC members.
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peaks under the cover page
“Holy shit, this looks real bad for us”
Only question is whether the report had a sincere analysis of the failings of the Biden/Harris campaign team that are too humiliating for high ranking party officials. Or the report is just a smear job against Palestinian Rights activists and the LGBTQ community, such that releasing it would further alienate these voters.
Having an inkling of how the DNC operates, and remembering the dialog on MSNBC following the election in which campaign staffers insisted Harris ran a “perfect campaign”, I’m prone to believe the latter. In that case, just tossing it in the bin was probably a smart move.