Ken Martin

DNC Chair Ken Martin received the 2024 autopsy late last year and announced he wouldn't publish it, opting instead to focus on the party's victories in recent elections.

Now he's apologizing and has made the 192-page document public.

The report, titled Build to Win, Build to Last, is incomplete.

didn't include any source documents or data to verify its claims and is not something the party stands by, Martin said.

The disconnect with the DNC comes as voters have record low approval of the Democratic Party, but continue to vote for Democratic candidates in large numbers.

Stephen Fowler, NPR News.

Ken Martin, thanks for doing this.

Yeah.

Thanks for having me back on John.

It was great to see you the other night at the grinder party of all parties.

It was amazing.

Well, look, I mean, what I said all along, even when I ran for this position, is that we were going to focus on the things that will help us win the upcoming election, right?

Making sure that we learn the right lessons that could help inform our victories.

And that's what we've done.

We said this when we sent out the press release back in November, saying we weren't going to release the report.

We were going to actually keep our focus on those lessons.

And we released those lessons.

We continue to do that now.

It's important for me, instead of navel-gazing and looking backwards and trying to re-litigate 2024, I don't know about you, John, but I don't have a time machine.

I don't think you do.