Former DNC chair tells CNN Democrats 'haven't done a damn thing' to organize grassroots campaign

Former DNC seat Howard Dean told CNN's Kasie Hunt connected Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump deserved recognition for his team's enactment efforts connected the crushed portion discussing however helium won the 2024 election. 

Hunt asked Dean to diagnose the occupation that was "clearly revealed" connected Election Day, arsenic Trump bushed Vice President Kamala Harris. As of Thursday morning, Trump has 292 electoral votes, compared to Harris' 226.  

"The occupation is we haven't done a damn happening since 2008 astir getting retired into the grassroots," helium said. "This goes to being connected the ground, the Democratic Party ought to beryllium putting a batch of wealth into schoolhouse committee races, and into metropolis assembly races, and into section typical races, including successful precise reddish states, and they're not doing that."

Dean said that portion Harris had bully infrastructure and ran a bully campaign, "there's thing underneath."

Howard Dean suggests Democrats person failed successful grassroots organization.  (Screenshot/CNN)

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"The Democratic Party needs to beryllium doing that, and it's not, and until we learn, we're not going to win," helium said.

Dean praised Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaigning, and said her triumph successful the House was owed to her grassroots campaign. 

"She got retired there, and knocked connected doors, and organized people. This is not astir wherever you are connected the governmental spectrum. There volition beryllium immoderate districts wherever you person to beryllium a small much blimpish and immoderate districts wherever you'll person to beryllium a small much liberal," helium said.

Dean added, the satellite "revolves successful the districts" and not Washington, D.C.

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump pumps his fist arsenic helium arrives to talk astatine a run lawsuit astatine Nassau Coliseum, Wednesday, Sept.18, 2024, successful Uniondale, N.Y.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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"The Republicans person done this overmuch amended for astir a generation," Dean added. 

Harris conceded the election to Trump formally connected Wednesday afternoon.

"While I concede this election, I bash not concede the combat that fueled this campaign," she said.

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The vice president spoke astatine Howard University, her alma mater, wherever her run held a ample predetermination nighttime ticker party. Harris ne'er addressed the assemblage connected Tuesday night, arsenic archetypal optimism astir the predetermination turned dour arsenic the timepiece struck past midnight.