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For the month of June, the Democratic National Committee continued to have fundraising trouble, along with being in debt.
In a newly released Federal Elections Commission report, the DNC only managed to raise $5.5 million in June. This is in stark contrast to what the Republican National Committee raked in.
June's FEC's report continues to be bad news for the DNC. The Observer reported that May of this year was the DNC worst fundraising month since the Iraq War in 2003. April 2017 was also its worst fundraising month since 2009.
In May, the DNC also reported that it is $1.9 million in debt.
This puts the DNC way behind its fundraising goals it had set for this year. DNC Chairman Tom Perez had stated he wanted to double the DNC budget to $100 million from $50 million.
Perez has attributed the lack of funds to his short time running the DNC: “I got there on March 1st, and so, I was the first to say we have a lot of rebuilding to do.”
"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee." – Ahab's words to Moby Dick during the fatal third chase
"Moby Dick seeks thee not. It is thou, thou, that madly seekest him!" – Starbuck tries one last time to prevent Ahab from attacking Moby Dick
Phoenix (CNN)As Democrats choose their next national party leader, the candidates vying for the job acknowledge one thing awaits the winner: A major credibility problem.
These Democrats aren't attending Trump's inauguration
The still-lingering tensions of the 2016 primary have dominated the contest so far to head the Democratic National Committee. But they have also masked the deeper problem: After a year of debate scheduling drama, hacked emails, questions about impartiality and former Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's convention-eve resignation, many Democrats aren't convinced the DNC is even capable of playing a central role in the party's Donald Trump-era resistance.
For backers of Bernie Sanders, the DNC isn't viewed as an honest broker. And on Hillary Clinton's side, the organization is seen as so beset by controversy that it might be more trouble than it's worth.
Evidence of Democrats' distrust is already evident: Sanders has so far declined to share his massive fundraising list with the DNC, and former attorney general Eric Holder is heading a major new Democratic redistricting initiative, separate from the DNC.
Within the race for DNC chair, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, Labor Secretary Tom Perez and five other candidates broadly agree that the party needs to invest deeply in state parties and in working-class America, that it needs new efforts toward protecting voting access and that the next chair must be a more successful fundraiser.
First, though, even the contenders for chair acknowledge that the DNC must re-establish its credibility.
"Listen, the DNC is now a weaker organization coming out of this election than it was going into it," Jaime Harrison, the South Carolina Democratic chairman and one of the seven candidates to helm the DNC, said Saturday in an interview with CNN at the first of four "future forums" the party is holding.
"The question is how do you get it back on track? We're in the ditch -- how do we get it out of the ditch and then back on the road?" Harrison said. "I can understand the hesitation on people's parts and the hand-wringing that is going on -- because all of the things that took place in this past election were just really hard, and the hits just didn't stop."
originally posted by: tadaman
a reply to: dukeofjive696969
IS the info wrong? LOL
I did also use CNN, or is that not convenient enough to ignore my arguments?
No sir, nice try for you. Come again my friend.
EDIT TO ADD:
Ah yes, call me a Trumpkin, Trumpalumpa, whatever. Your deflection wouldn't be complete without it.
If you havent noticed yet, I would walk around naked in NYC, have sex with a dog in public and take a dump on a picture of everyone's gods and graves. I dont care what you think of me.
Psst. I also dont care about the Republican party or the Democratic party either. You do. Your party sucks and is in its death throes.
The DNC wont be able to keep the lights on and you still want to degrade people with Trump something or another name calling.
Cool. I will carry on. Its what is deserved.
originally posted by: tadaman
a reply to: dukeofjive696969
Well, chill dude. You keep saying I am this or the other, but I am not nearly as bothered as you are.
LoL.
But yes carry on. I will. Why stop? Is that a thing now?
Sit back and be reasonable with people?
Like by actually addressing their points?
Its not as much fun as trolling me, but might start to convince someone of what you say.