{"id":1051188,"date":"2025-02-05T16:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051188"},"modified":"2025-02-05T16:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:54:22","slug":"icymi-the-nation-new-dnc-chair-ken-martin-is-ready-to-build-a-bigger-bolder-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-the-nation-new-dnc-chair-ken-martin-is-ready-to-build-a-bigger-bolder-party\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: The Nation: New DNC Chair Ken Martin Is Ready to Build a Bigger, Bolder Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/ken-martin-dnc-chair-election\/\"><strong>The Nation<\/strong><\/a><strong>: New DNC Chair Ken Martin Is Ready to Build a Bigger, Bolder Party<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: John Nichols<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cBut as the vote approached, he also leaned into an urgently populist message that resonated with grassroots Democrats, who are exasperated with out-of-touch DC-based strategists and are passionate about moving resources into state parties;<strong> taking bolder stands on party priorities such as expanded access to healthcare and childcare, climate, and labor rights; forging multi-racial, multiethnic, multigenerational urban and rural coalitions; and distinguishing the Democrats from the Republicans on economic issues.<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cMartin said as much in his winning appeal to the committee, which featured a reflection on the historic union song \u2018Which Side Are You On?\u2019<strong> \u2018Are we on the side of the robber baron, the ultra-wealthy billionaire, the oil-and-gas polluter, the union buster?\u2019 he asked. \u2018Or are we on the side of the working family, the small business owner, the farmer, the immigrants, the students? Let me tell you: I know which side I\u2019m on.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cIf Martin can give the Democratic Party that level of clarity, it will be ready to take on Trump and Trumpism.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nation: New DNC Chair Ken Martin Is Ready to Build a Bigger, Bolder Party By: John Nichols<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ICYMI: The Nation: New DNC Chair Ken Martin Is Ready to Build a Bigger, Bolder Party - 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