If the Democratic Party wants to regain the majority and win back the presidency, it needs to get serious about confronting what actually happened in 2024 rather than endlessly avoiding accountability. Thank you to Ro Khanna for at least being willing to say part of it out loud.
Millions of people, especially young voters, Arab voters, Muslim voters, and progressives, were screaming for over a year that this issue mattered politically, morally, and emotionally. Pretending it had no impact doesn’t make it disappear.
Democrats cannot continue tiptoeing around this or treating outrage over mass atrocities as some fringe concern to suppress rather than a legitimate moral and political breaking point for voters.
Khanna on DNC autopsy: Did you notice it doesn’t mention Gaza? This party needs to start telling hard truths. One of those truths is that Israel committed a genocide—that we shouldn’t give a single dollar to commit that genocide. That was an issue in 2024, it will be an issue in 2026 and 2028. So we need another report on the impact of Gaza on 2024.