Thread by @brittanys

A number of DNC Chair candidates are laying out their theory of the case to the Young Dems at their conference in Boston right now. Follow the highlights of their pitches 🧵 here:

.@MartinOMalley: "The only thing standing between saving our republic and losing our republic is our ability to turn this party around very, very quickly and make it battle ready.”

@JamesSkoufis: "I'm uniquely positioned in this race to bring big structural change to DNC, no more tinkering around the edges. I won't owe anything to the DC consulting class that has been ripping us off for cycles and cycles."

@JamesSkoufis @benwikler: "If we show everyone that we are fighting on their side against those who are trying to take away their power, we can win up and down the ballot. And our country needs a strong party now."

@JamesSkoufis @benwikler @kenmartin73: "In every crisis there's an opportunity... We have an opportunity right now to break the iron grip of DC consultants and lobbyists who have for so long controlled what our party does"

@kenmartin73 commits to fully funding the @youngdems if he is chair: "They talk a big game every single year, as long as I've been involved in the DNC about supporting our youth organizing. work, and they've never put any real resource behind it."

@kenmartin73 @youngdems @MartinOMalley, @JamesSkoufis and @benwikler concur - say they will fully fund efforts, if elected, to young dems and their coalition building efforts

Huge applause for NC Dems chair @abreezeclayton - the youngest chair of a state dem party who is here in the room - for her work and efforts organizing in North Carolina

‼️@kenmartin73 says Georgia state Rep. Ruwa Romman - who would have represented the Uncommitted movement - should have been able to speak during the main programming of the Dem Convention in Chicago

@MartinOMalley takes a swipe at Shelia Nix saying at Harvard this week that Harris won a "flawless" campaign:

"So please don't tell me the campaign was flawless, except for the fact that we lost touch with the economic reality of the American people."

abcnews.go.com/Politics/harri…

*ran - not won, clearly