Outgoing Democratic Nationwide Committee (DNC) Chair Jaime Harrison stated in a Sunday interview that Democrats ought to concentrate on constructing on the prevailing infrastructure from the previous election cycle.
In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Harrison additionally added that he thinks he is leaving the DNC in a greater place than when he discovered it.
“I truly suppose the DNC that I’m about to show over the keys over to, this subsequent chair, is far stronger than the DNC that I had. And that is, that is what you need,” Harrison stated. “You wish to just be sure you’re turning over higher than what you had.”
Harrison stated the DNC invested $260 million on the bottom in state events, offering the subsequent chair a basis to construct infrastructure.
“For the primary time in a really very long time, we put cash into each state celebration, all 50 states, our territories and our Democrats overseas. And people are assets, and that helped to construct an infrastructure that this new chair will then be capable to construct on prime of,” Harrison stated. “However there’s nonetheless a lot extra to do.”
Harrison stated that whereas former Vice President Kamala Harris misplaced the race on the prime of the ticket, there have been nonetheless some battleground states the place Democrats defeated Republicans in Senate races.
“The election outcomes weren’t what we needed, because it pertains to the highest of the ticket, however if you begin to look on the downballot of the ticket … we nonetheless gained very extremely contested congressional races in these districts, even in states like North Carolina, we gained each, virtually each statewide race, apart from the presidential race,” Harrison stated.
“So this isn’t a time the place you simply blow the entire thing up and begin anew. It is a time about constructing on the infrastructure that now we have in order that we are able to, then, in 2028 as soon as once more, safe the White Home for the American folks.”
The Hill is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which additionally owns NewsNation.
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