Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin claimed Monday that the United States faces “an insidious force” seeking to create “fascism” in the country.
Democrats’ favorability plummeted to 29%, according to a CNN poll released in March, while a CNN poll released April 27 showed only 27% of voters approve of the party’s congressional leadership as the party faces infighting and difficulty meeting fundraising goals, with a July Quinnipiac poll showing only 19% approved of the party’s Congressional leadership. Martin addressed the DNC at its summer meeting, targeting President Donald Trump with his remarks.
“Democrats, make no mistake, a storm is coming. In fact, it’s already here. Rising inequality, attacks on democracy, voter suppression and a fascist regime that doesn’t play by the rules,” Martin said.
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Democratic voter registration declined by 2.1 million across 30 states that register voters by party affiliation since the 2020 presidential election, while Republican registration climbed by 2.4 million. The Republican National Committee reported having more than five times as much cash on hand as the DNC, highlighting Democrats’ fundraising woes.
“There were values that united us, regardless of ideology, regardless of party, values that weren’t Republican or Democrat, but American values,” Martin claimed. “Values like respect for our constitution, a belief in the rule of law, a belief in and due process and separation of powers, a free and fair press, standing with our allies around the world to protect emerging democracies and so on.”
“These were core values foundational to who we are as Americans, foundational to our identity around the world, the one thing, regardless of party, we can all agree on,” Martin continued. “And now we have one side led by the dictator in chief who decided to throw these values into the dustbin of history. When Joe Biden said in 2020 the fight was about the soul of the nation, this moment right now is what he was talking about.”
Martin expressed frustration with anti-Second Amendment activist David Hogg, who became prominent after the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, during a May 15 Zoom meeting, Politico reported. Hogg was later ousted as a vice chair of the DNC due to parliamentary provisions.
Vice President Kamala Harris escalated attacks on Trump in the closing weeks of the 2024 presidential campaign, devoting a major speech to attacking the former president as a threat to democracy and portraying him as “unstable” days after calling him a “fascist” during an Oct. 23 town hall on CNN.
Trump defeated Harris in the 2024 election, carrying 46% of the Hispanic vote, 40% of the Asian vote and 13% of the black vote in 2024, according to CNN’s exit poll. In 2020, Trump carried 32% of Hispanic voters, 34% of Asian voters and 12% of black voters, according to CNN’s exit poll.
By comparison, in CNN’s 2016 exit poll, Trump only received 28% of the Hispanic vote, 27% of the Asian vote and 8% of the black vote.
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