Columns and The Spin Cycle: News and Blog by Donna Brazile

What if they gave a probe, and nobody probed? During the 2016 elections, America was subjected to the most serious cyberattack in our nation’s history: a methodical assault by a hostile foreign power on the legitimacy of our elections, our government, our institutions and even the very concept of Western democracy. And the attacks have […]

“They’ll be back,” said FBI Director James Comey to the House Intelligence Committee about Russian hacking. “They’ll be back in 2020. They may be back in 2018.” During the 2016 presidential election, I was the interim head of the Democratic Party. Based on the intelligence briefings and the things I experienced at that time, I […]

For weeks now, we’ve seen a steady stream — not just leaks — of information about possible contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russians. This is after the F.B.I. and our intelligence community determined that Russia interfered in the United States election with the aim of electing Donald Trump president. For the sake of […]

Democratic Party strategist Donna Brazile told an audience at MEC on Wednesday to use the power of protest and the ballot as the political paradigm swiftly shifts.  She spoke to a cheering, overflowing gathering in Founders Auditorium in a speech entitled “The Fierce Urgency of Now.” “This is the moment that Dr. King was talking […]

Washington, DC – DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile released the following statement on the 44th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision:   “When the Supreme Court issued their decision in the case of Roe v. Wade 44 years ago, it settled the question of a woman’s right to choose and made access to a safe, legal abortion a […]

  DNC Chair Donna Brazile Remarks on Civil Rights Icon John Lewis   PHOENIX – Today, at the DNC Future Forum in Phoenix, Arizona where Democrats are gathered to hear from candidates for DNC offices, DNC Chair Donna Brazile addressed today’s news about civil rights icon John Lewis.   Watch the video of her remarks […]

He gave people work, healthcare and opportunity Change is a two-way street. As America begins to cope with the jarring changes coming in the near future, it will be useful and wise for our leaders to remember the lessons of the last eight years, and to consider the ways President Obama’s administration has changed our nation and […]

There’s no last word in politics, just the next word. Two weeks ago, the American people spoke the next word. While we Democrats worked our hearts out, we fell short of winning the White House. Yet the results of this election show that our voices are needed now, more than ever. We must never forget […]

Millions of Americans woke up on Wednesday morning with heavy hearts. This has been a long and bruising presidential election. And through it all, Hillary Clinton never wavered from her belief that we are stronger together. That we must choose hope over fear. A belief in unity over division. Those beliefs are hallmarks of this […]

There’s a joyful noise in Utah, Democrats. I heard it myself this week in Salt Lake City, where the DNC’s Forward Together Bus Tour rolled in to hear from voters in one of this election’s many new swing states. As our staff have traveled the country, driving voters to the polls, getting them registered, and […]