{"id":47879,"date":"2026-04-24T12:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47879"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:02:14","slug":"the-truth-is-better-than-continuing-to-lose-petition-demands-dnc-release-autopsy-of-2024-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/the-truth-is-better-than-continuing-to-lose-petition-demands-dnc-release-autopsy-of-2024-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Truth Is Better Than Continuing to Lose\u2019: Petition Demands DNC Release Autopsy of 2024 Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Former Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by Robert Gauthier\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe who are prudent would like to know what mistakes were made that thrust us into this nightmare we are living.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brad Reed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr 23, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democratic National Committee<\/a> is still refusing to release its internal \u201cautopsy<\/a>\u201d report about Democrats\u2019 defeat in the 2024 election<\/a>, but at least one progressive advocacy group isn\u2019t letting party leaders off the hook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RootsAction has organized a letter writing campaign<\/a> encouraging supporters to email the DNC<\/a> demanding release of its analysis of how Democrats in 2024 lost the presidential election to twice-impeached convicted felon Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The group has put together an editable template letter for supporters to use, and it makes reference to a February report<\/a> from Axios claiming that the DNC found that the Biden administration\u2019s support for Israel during its years-long assault on Gaza<\/a> cost Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> votes among young people and progressive voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe truth is not just embarrassing but also inconvenient to those who want to persist in making the same mistake, in arming Israel, in shifting more and more of our resources into wars that devastate millions of lives,\u201d the letter states. \u201cBut the truth is better than continuing to lose. It would be hard not to blame future defeats on your refusal to allow examination of past defeats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norman Solomon<\/a>, national director of RootsAction,\u00a0noted<\/a>\u00a0that the DNC \u201cspent hundreds of thousands of dollars at least doing interviews in 50 states,\u201d to conduct its autopsy, but has nonetheless decided it won\u2019t \u201ctell the millions of people who donated money to the\u00a0Democratic Party<\/a>\u00a0candidates in the last few years\u201d what it learned from that internal review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RootsAction senior strategist India Walton said it was political malpractice for the DNC to continue suppressing the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe who are prudent would like to know what mistakes were made that thrust us into this nightmare we are living,\u201d she said. \u201cNow is not a time for saving face. Releasing the autopsy will help us understand what voters really want heading into midterms and the next presidential election. That\u2019s the least we deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RootsAction last year released<\/a> its own autopsy of the 2024 election, which found that the Biden administration\u2019s support for Israel hurt it among voters, while also blaming the party\u2019s strategy of courting corporate donors instead of organizing working-class voters who shifted to Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was a preventable disaster,\u201d said journalist Christopher Cook, who authored the report, \u201cbut Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brad Reed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brad Reed is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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