Democrats are heading into the midterm elections not with the air of inevitability their media allies like to project, but with a national party apparatus mired in debt, disarray, and open internal revolt.
According to Gateway Pundit, even The New York Times, a reliably left-wing outlet, has now acknowledged the scale of the crisis. The paper reports that President Trumps super PAC holds roughly $400 million in reserves, the Republican National Committee has nearly $130 million on hand, while the Democratic National Committee is actually $2 million in the red.
As reported by The New York Times, The Democratic Party is so short on cash that leaders at its headquarters have undertaken a new gambit to mask the severity of the problems: asking vendors not to send bills until after the midterm elections. The Times added that The bookkeeping maneuver, which was described by three people briefed on it, is the latest sign of financial duress for the Democratic National Committee and its embattled leader as money troubles threaten to undercut Democratic momentum with 100 days until the midterms.
At the center of the storm is DNC chair Ken Martin, whose behavior and language have reportedly grown increasingly erratic as the pressure mounts. Mr. Martins fraying nerves are showing, the Times noted, recounting how In a pique of frustration in early July, he threw his phone at the desk of a junior aide while upbraiding the person, an episode that triggered a formal human-resources complaint.
The paper further described a chairman consumed by fear of internal plots and obsessed with his own political survival. At the center is Ken Martin, the 53-year-old party chairman, who has found himself increasingly isolated, gripped by the fear that he will lose his job and relying on a vanishingly small circle of people he trusts, and Mr. Martin has taken to making macabre jokes to colleagues about how long he will remain in his post, even though his term does not end until 2029.
Martin reportedly confronted the partys finance director this spring over what he thought was a budding coup, and even required assurances before meeting with Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Hakeem Jeffries that they would not demand his resignation. Though Mr. Martin was elected last February to a four-year term by the roughly 450 members of the D.N.C., and only a vote of the membership itself could push him out, his authority appears to be eroding amid leaks and internal distrust.
The chairman has also raged against staffers for exposing the dysfunction to the press, lashing out over disclosures about the DNCs dire finances and internal chaos. It p*sses me off when I see leaks out of this building, Martin allegedly said, adding, No more of that sh*t! No more, a plea that underscores how deeply the partys problems now extend beyond money to basic competence and credibility.
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