Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin sees room for leftists in ‘big tent’ party

Democrats Put Their ‘Big Tent’ Claim to the Test at DNC’s Summer Meeting

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin closed his party’s summer meeting in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 15 by calling the Democratic Party a “big tent” and telling members to stop applying litmus tests to one another. The speakers who followed him over the next hour demonstrated how much room that tent is being asked to cover. Former DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe told members to stop using factional labels at all. Meanwhile, Rep. Ro Khanna …

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin sees room for leftists in ‘big tent’ party

Democratic National Committee members spent their summer meeting projecting a united front against President Trump and saying the gathering of party leaders was about "infrastructure," not ideology.