While conventional wisdom suggests that the Democratic Party is well on its way to winning the midterms, a stunning report from a notorious far-left paper suggests quite a different story.
The New York Times broke a colorful story this morning detailing the absolute dire straits the DNC finds itself in. Per the Times, President Trump has a $400 million super PAC, and the Republican National Committee is sitting on nearly $130 million. The DNC, however, is $2 million in debt.
Not only are the DNC and its allies so far behind the GOP when it comes to money, but the problem is so severe that they don’t want bills from vendors until after the election.
At the center of it all is foul-mouthed DNC chair Ken Martin, who is having one meltdown after another. He even threw a phone at one junior aide while berating the poor individual.
The New York Times reported:
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 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 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, according to interviews with more than two dozen Democrats, including current and former D.N.C. officials and members.
Mr. Martin’s fraying nerves are showing. In a pique of frustration in early July, he threw his phone at the desk of a junior aide while upbraiding the person. The phone-tossing incident resulted in a formal complaint to the D.N.C.’s human resources department.
But that’s not all. Parnoia has also infected the building.
Martin is scared that his own party is launching a coup against him, despite how challenging the endeavor would be.
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.
He confronted the party’s finance director this spring over what he thought was a budding coup. And before he met with the top congressional Democrats, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, in mid-July, assurances were given to an ally of Mr. Martin’s that the two party leaders did not plan to use the gathering to call for the chairman’s resignation.
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.
Martin is also fretting about the numerous leaks within the DNC. Earlier this year, he blasted his staff for leaking to reporters just how bad things were inside party headquarters.
“It p*sses me off when I see leaks out of this building,” Martin allegedly said. “No more of that sh*t! No more.”
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