Every single candidate running to chair the Democratic National Committee (DNC) blamed former Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss to President Donald Trump on “racism and misogyny.”
The committee’s final chair candidate forum, hosted by MSNBC at Washington, DC’s Georgetown University on Thursday, featured former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, DNC Vice Chair Ken Martin, Wisconsin Democrat party Chair Ben Wikler, former Bernie Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir, former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official Nate Snyder, and Newton, Massachusetts Democratic City Committee executive member Jason Paul.
When MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart asked who “believes that racism and misogyny played a role in Vice President Harris’s defeat,” every candidate quickly raised their hand:
Every single candidate for DNC Chair just blamed their loss in 2024 on racism and misogyny pic.twitter.com/T8shvrRhUn
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 31, 2025
“That’s good, you all passed,” Capehart said with a chuckle.
Social media users pointed out that the consensus meant that Democrats “didn’t learn anything” from their November 2024 loss:
Good. That means they didn't learn anything so there will be no competition in the next few Presidential elections.
— SaltyGoat (@SaltyGoat17) January 31, 2025
And this type of rhetoric is why they’ll lose again in 2028
— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) January 31, 2025
They’ve learned nothing from their historic loss…good.
— Politi_Rican 🇵🇷 𝕏 🇺🇸 (@TheRicanMemes) January 31, 2025
Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he is “already looking forward to expanding our majority in 2026”:
I'm already looking forward to expanding our majority in 2026. https://t.co/sASZbVfCBo
— Tommy Tuberville (@TTuberville) January 31, 2025
CNN pundit Scott Jennings sarcastically added that he endorses the “post mortem analysis” of the election, and encourages Democrats “to double or even triple down”:
I endorse this post mortem analysis and encourage my democratic friends to double or even triple down. https://t.co/mPZ0veVuyZ
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) January 31, 2025
While DNC leaders continue to push the narrative that American voters chose Trump over Harris due to sexism and racism, 40 percent of women under 30-years-old went for the Republican candidate, and ethnic minority groups made record shifts to the right.
The DNC chair election will be held at the party’s winter meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, on Saturday, ABC News reported.
