BY HANNA TRUDO - 01/15/25

Citing a “lack of vision and conviction” on display within the Democratic agency as the race for chair takes shape, Shakir is pitching a populist-style remake of the party apparatus that emphasizes the working class.

In a memo to DNC members sent Wednesday, the Sanders alum explained that he is running to “change how Democrats are perceived by voters” by offering more investment in workers and unions, grassroots organizing and conversations with former Democrats who flipped their votes to President-elect Trump.

“If we learned anything from our last four years, it should be that we must break some norms and get more compelling, interesting, and dynamic to win,” he wrote in the memo sent to 448 DNC members. “We can’t continue to defer critical political judgments to a donor class or some other outside actors. To be a multiracial working class Party, we must prove we are on their side in the fight against corporate greed.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5087795-faiz-shakir-dnc-chairmanship-bid-bernie-sanders/