{"id":2545306,"date":"2026-01-20T17:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-cusack-demands-dncs-2024-autopsy-report\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:38:16","slug":"bob-cusack-demands-dncs-2024-autopsy-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-cusack-demands-dncs-2024-autopsy-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Cusack demands DNC\u2019s 2024 \u2018autopsy report\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbob-cusack-demands-dncs-2024-autopsy-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2545306&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack urged the Democratic National Committee to release its internal &#8220;autopsy&#8221; of the party&#8217;s 2024 presidential loss, telling C-SPAN&#8217;s Washington Journal that Democrats lack a detailed agenda on issues like affordability. The DNC reportedly prepared a report explaining why Kamala harris lost (she won no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">swing states<\/a> despite roughly $1.5 billion spent and outperformed Biden in only 58 counties), but has not made it public; several Democrats, including Sen. John Fetterman, Rep. Ro Khanna and Sen. Elissa Slotkin, have urged its release. The article notes the party is still paying down Harris campaign debt (more than $20 million as of October 2025) and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highlights turnover ahead<\/a> of the 2026 midterms, with multiple Democratic and Republican members retiring.The DNC chair, Ken Martin, has also backtracked on promises to publish the 2024 autopsy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bob Cusack demands DNC&rsquo;s 2024 &lsquo;autopsy report&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2479107\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> executive editor Bob Cusack blasted the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\/\">Democratic National Committee<\/a> for not releasing its analysis of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3923961\/dnc-ken-martin-backtracks-2024-autopsy-report\/\">the party&rsquo;s 2024 loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cusack appeared on C-SPAN&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/series\/?washingtonJournal\"><em>Washington Journal<\/em><\/a>  Tuesday echoing lawmakers&rsquo; calls for the DNC to release its autopsy report, a comprehensive review of the presidential election in which its candidate, former Vice President Kamala Harris, lost.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4424364\/josh-shapiro-weaken-kamala-harris-2028\/\">Josh Shapiro moves to &#8216;weaken&#8217; Kamala Harris ahead of 2028 heavyweight contest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4424759\/where-2028-democrats-stand-abolishing-ice\/\">Where 2028 Democrats stand on abolishing ICE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4421505\/beshear-posits-himself-democrats-best-chance-beat-vance-2028\/\">Beshear posits himself as Democrats&#8217; best chance to beat Vance in 2028<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;That is the strategy is that: Democrats who lost on the affordability issue in 2024 now want to win on that issue in 2026,&rdquo; Cusack said. &ldquo;However, I think they have been light on the details of exactly what they would do.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They do not have a detailed agenda. The interesting thing that did not get enough attention in the media is that the Democratic National Committee put together an autopsy report of why they lost the 2024 election,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;We at the <em>Examiner<\/em> asked a number of members &mdash; because they&rsquo;re not releasing it &mdash; We asked a number of members: what do you think about that? A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4413224\/democrats-call-release-dnc-2024-election-autopsy\/\">number of them<\/a>, including Sen. John Fetterman, said &lsquo;You should release it.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3332346&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=81e6c4562bcb8cf54c4f5a9a794a68b0\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) both told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that they support the release of the report.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign did not win a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-winning-big-in-major-2024-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump dominates key ... in 2024\">single swing state<\/a> in 2024 despite a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3222249\/how-kamala-harris-plowed-through-1-billion\/\">war chest of over $1.5 billion<\/a>. Harris outperformed her predecessor, former President Joe Biden, in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/no-harris-did-not-underperform-bidens-2020-results-in-every-u-s-county\/\">only 58 counties<\/a> nationwide. In her own home state of California, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3224977\/pelosi-positive-outlook-despite-election-low-morale\/\">10 counties<\/a> that voted for the Democratic ticket in 2020 flipped to vote for the Republican ticket in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as the Democratic Party is gearing up for the 2026 midterm elections, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\/\">Democratic National Committee<\/a> is still paying off debt from Harris&rsquo;s campaign. As of October 2025, almost a year after the election, the DNC paid the Harris campaign <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3859482\/dnc-continues-to-pay-harris-campaign-debt-almost-a-year-after-she-lost\/\">more than $20 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2025 was an off-year election season that favored Democrats. The party won or overperformed in nearly 90% of the races.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3923961\/dnc-ken-martin-backtracks-2024-autopsy-report\/\"><strong>DNC CHAIRMAN KEN MARTIN BACKTRACKS ON RELEASING 2024 AUTOPSY REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many Democratic lawmakers have opted to retire rather than run for reelection in 2026. So far, five Democratic senators and 21 Democratic representatives have announced that they will not seek another term.<\/p>\n<p>Despite holding the majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate, six Republican senators and 27 Republican representatives are also expected to retire, leaving several vacancies in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\">2026 midterm elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Cusack demands DNC release 2024 autopsy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2545307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Obama-Harris.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32431,69221,32923,71526,34541],"class_list":["post-2545306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-2024-election","tag-bob-cusack","tag-democratic-party","tag-dnc-autopsy","tag-election-strategy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Obama-Harris.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2545306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2545310,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545306\/revisions\/2545310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2545307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2545306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2545306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2545306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}