The 192-page report, authored by a Democratic strategist and first published by CNN on Thursday morning, goes in-depth on several factors found to be detrimental to Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign in its ultimate loss to Donald Trump. Despite the contention within the party over then-President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza, however, the war doesn’t get a single mention.

Also missing from the document are the words “Israel,” “Palestine,” “Arab American,” and “Muslim.”

A spokesperson for the DNC declined to comment on the omission of anything having to do with Gaza…

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    Well duh. Whatever your thoughts may be on those who chose their vote purely based on Gaza, it is an undeniable fact that it played a not insignificant part in their loss to the orange paedophile.

    Of course they don’t want to admit that essentially ignoring their ally’s genocide screwed them over… Because admitting that officially means they’d have to do something about it.

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      It’ll play a significant role in the next election too. Anyone who has either a D or an R next to their name and isnt clear around their support for following the law and ending war crimes isnt getting any votes for being slightly better than fascists. D no longer means default vote. Dems better wise up and start caring about what their voters want.

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    The document was AI slop. I can see why they didn’t want to release it, but for crying out loud just be honest about why. The way they handled this only makes them look untrustworthy.

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      it wasn’t a coincidence the media waited till a new chair was sat until criticizing what Biden’s DNC did.

      That doesn’t apply to The Intercept, or other independent media like Drop Site, Democracy Now, ect

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    Is there any evidence that it was a top issue for voters? Every poll I saw was all about the economy and immigration etc. Americans are far too self-absorbed to care about a genocide they are paying for.

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      With the voters split pretty evenly, it doesnt need to be a “top issue”. It needs to be enough of an issue that Dems will lose if they ignore it. The Dems are basically in a civil war, and progressives absolutely do have the power to keep them from winning elections if the centrists try to ignore them and pivot right again.

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      It does not even need to be a top issue, but you cannot deny that it was an issue.

      It is indeed interesting that they did not mention this topic at all. If the issue was actually insignificant, I would expect it to be mentioned to clarify it.

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      I think, other than Michigan, it was just a part of a larger group of things that turned progressive people away from voting at all. Numbers were down hard for Dems and a lot of people were self reporting that they didn’t think Dems earned their vote or that they wouldn’t do anything good with it.