DNC members grow frustrated over increasing White House influence
District of Columbia | August 12, 2021
Democratic National Committee (DNC) members are growing increasingly frustrated by the White House’s influence on their political operation, causing friction between aides to President Biden and the leading party organization promoting its agenda.
Regular interactions between an aligned administration and party-level figures are common. But the amount of participation from top Biden allies has been significant so early into the president’s first term and has happened before some committee-wide decisions have been settled internally.
For some within the DNC, it’s all just a little too much too soon.
“People are super frustrated in the trenches around what’s happening with the DNC and the White House’s control of it,” said a DNC member, who asked to speak on the condition of anonymity to candidly discuss the internal dynamics at play.
“The White House is not thinking about how to build the electorate writ large, but they’re concentrating on [a] few states,” the source said. “It’s all about [the] presidential re-elect.” The strong footprint from Biden’s inner circle is becoming an annoyance for some within the DNC structure who argue the White House is attempting to mount a reelection effort at a time when state members are trying to build an infrastructure to last well beyond the next presidential cycle…
(Excerpts from the Hill)