The Democrats have elected a new leader who previously gave Republicans a major shout-out

Democrats person elected Ken Martin arsenic the caller person of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) arsenic the enactment attempts to rebuild aft Donald Trump's landslide statesmanlike predetermination victory. 

Martin, 51, the seat of Minnesota's limb of the DNC, won the archetypal circular of voting connected Saturday pursuing a hotly contested contention wherever helium was seen by galore arsenic an underdog candidate. 

He won the contention with 246.5 votes, implicit 134.5 votes for constitution favourite Ben Wilker, 44 votes for erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner Martin O'Malley, and 2 votes for Fair Shakir, erstwhile statesmanlike run manager for Sen. Bernie Sanders successful 2020. 

Wilker fell abbreviated contempt endorsements from Democrat heavyweights including House person Hakeem Jeffries, Senate person Chuck Schumer and erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  

In his triumph speech, Martin declared: 'The fight's not successful here. The combat is for our values. The combat is for moving people. The combat close present is against Donald Trump and the billionaires who bought this country.' 

The contention to regenerate outgoing DNC Chair Jamie Harrison centered connected however the Democrats should respond to November's electoral drubbing, wherever Republicans won each 7 swing states and power of some chambers of Congress. 

Martin's relation volition spot him moving mostly behind-the-scenes successful preparing for the 2026 midterms and the 2028 statesmanlike election, chiefly done fundraising and organizing the party's platform. 

However, DNC chairs often bash not go starring nationalist figures, and the Democrats are near searching for caller leaders, with Kamala Harris losing the predetermination comfortably while Barack Obama has been seen by immoderate arsenic losing his kingmaker image. 

With his predetermination arsenic DNC Chair connected Saturday, Martin becomes the archetypal achromatic antheral successful the occupation since Virginia Senator Tim Kaine near the presumption successful 2011. 

Martin's triumph comes months aft helium raised eyebrows with an quality connected CNN pursuing Trump's predetermination win, wherever helium slammed his ain party. 

Serving arsenic the vice-chair of the DNC astatine the time, Martin declared that Republicans are present seen arsenic the enactment that champion represents the working-class.  

Martin pointed to issues wrong the progressive helping of the Democratic Party, with in-fighting implicit arguable policies specified arsenic President Biden's backing of Israel's warfare successful Gaza seen by immoderate observers arsenic undermining the enactment successful the election. 

He told CNN's Jake Tapper successful his predetermination post-mortem: 'For the archetypal time, the bulk of Americans judge that the Republican Party champion represents the interests of the moving people and the poor.

'And the Democratic Party represents the interests of the affluent and the elite.

'That is simply a damning indictment connected our enactment brand,' helium continued. 'And that's thing we person to fig retired arsenic we determination forward.'

'How we really reconnect our precise fashionable argumentation ideas which are passing successful ballot initiatives passim this state backmost to our enactment and candidates,' helium pondered, earlier yet concluding, 'Because that's not happening.

'We gave to bash a amended occupation there.'

Martin's predetermination to pb the Democrats successful the coming years comes arsenic the enactment looks up to the 2028 race. 

In a canvass held this week, the party's losing campaigner Kamala Harris retained enactment among voters with 33 percent, overwhelmingly the fig 1 choice. 

Shockingly, ESPN prima Stephen A. Smith received much enactment than respective big-name imaginable candidates, if the 2028 superior were held today. 

The sports broadcaster has antecedently teased a imaginable tally for president and his caller comments connected the 2024 predetermination person gone viral.

Smith shocked Bill Maher's assemblage with his blunt verdict connected wherefore Donald Trump won a 2nd word successful the White House - and wherefore helium feels like a 'damn fool' for supporting Kamala Harris. 

Two percent said they would take ESPN prima Smith. That is much than the likes of Beto O'Rourke - who ran for the information successful 2020 - and JB Pritzker, the politician of Illinois (both 1 percent). 

Remarkably, Smith besides polled lone 1 percent constituent down Tim Walz - Harris' vice-presidential prime - and Pennsylvania politician Josh Shapiro.