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DNC Chair Ken Martin Defends ‘Big Tent’ Strategy Amid Questions About Democratic Socialists
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin defended including Democratic Socialists in the party’s “big tent” during an interview with MS NOW host Peter Alexander.
Martin said Democrats should expand their coalition through addition rather than subtraction and welcome new voices, including people near the political center.
Alexander questioned whether Democrats needed a middle ground, while Martin said many Americans are moderate, center-left, or center-right.
Republicans have criticized Democrats’ ties to the Democratic Socialists of America, while some mainstream Democrats have sought to distance themselves from its label.