NCS is publishing a replica of a report into why Democrats misplaced the 2024 presidential election performed at the request of Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin.
This model of the report – higher referred to as the 2024 autopsy – was written by Democratic strategist Paul Rivera. The DNC withheld the report till offered with NCS’s reporting about a lot of its contents. The copy revealed by NCS contains annotations in crimson that the DNC added to its model of Rivera’s report. NCS has not modified the report and doesn’t vouch for the accuracy of any statements inside the report or the DNC’s annotations.
Click here for a report about how the autopsy was created, primarily based on interviews with three dozen marketing campaign and get together officers in addition to folks conversant in the course of. And NCS’s takeaways from the report are available here.
Martin issued the following assertion to NCS:
“When I was elected DNC chair, I commissioned an after action review of the 2024 election that I wanted to be honest and transparent, and with actionable and specific takeaways for the future of the Democratic Party. When I received the report late last year, it wasn’t ready for primetime — not even close — and because no source material was provided, it would have meant starting over. I could not in good faith put the DNC’s stamp of approval on the report that was produced.”
“After last November’s massive Democratic wins, I didn’t want to create a distraction, but by not putting the report out, I ended up creating an even bigger distraction. For that, I sincerely apologize. For full transparency, I am releasing the report as we received it, in its entirety, unedited and unabridged. It does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards, but I am doing this because people need to be able to trust the Democratic Party and trust our word.”
Rivera declined to remark.