{"id":18051,"date":"2026-07-26T18:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18051"},"modified":"2026-07-26T18:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:08:16","slug":"dnc-boss-threw-his-phone-at-a-junior-aides-desk-in-fit-of-frustration-wild-nyt-report-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18051","title":{"rendered":"DNC Boss Threw His Phone at a Junior Aide\u2019s Desk in Fit of Frustration, Wild NYT Report Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5603075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5603075\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5603075\" src=\"https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25032669453947-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5603075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/shock-poll-democrats-open-up-stunning-11-point-lead-on-republicans-on-generic-congressional-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polls indicating promising news on the horizon<\/a> for Democrats, the party&#8217;s infrastructure is reportedly in complete turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>A wild report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/26\/us\/politics\/ken-martin-dnc-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> Sunday painted a picture of a Democratic National Committee (DNC) in total chaos \u2014 with the DNC fending off creditors and its boss feeling so stressed he chucked a phone at a staffer&#8217;s desk.<\/p>\n<p>According to the piece by the Times&#8217; <strong>Shane Goldmacher<\/strong> and <strong>Reid J. Epstein<\/strong>, the DNC is so cash-strapped that it is asking its vendors to hold off on invoicing them until after the midterms. The Times reports the DNC is $2 million in debt, while the Republican National Committee (RNC) has $128.5 million on hand. And the pressure has gotten so heavy on DNC Chairman <strong>Ken Martin<\/strong> that he appears to be cracking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Martin\u2019s fraying nerves are showing,&#8221; Goldmacher and Epstein wrote. &#8220;In a pique of frustration in early July, he threw his phone at the desk of a junior aide while upbraiding the person. The phone-tossing incident resulted in a formal complaint to the DNC\u2019s human resources department.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Martin has felt a &#8220;growing sense of paranoia,&#8221; according to the report, about a potential move to oust him. The reporters said Martin has also become &#8220;paralyzed by the idea of leaks&#8221; \u2014 although that hasn&#8217;t stopped them from happening. <\/p>\n<p>As to his handling the organization&#8217;s finances, Martin has been called out for a number of moves which have put the cash-strapped party apparatus in a further bind. On his watch, the DNC paid $7.3 million for the remnants of former Vice President <strong>Kamala Harris&#8217;s<\/strong> 2024 campaign list \u2014 money which was used to cover Harris campaign debts. And the DNC has dropped $840,000 on territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam \u2014 which, Goldmacher and Epstein note, will not have &#8220;any impact on control of Congress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The DNC is maintaining a nothing-to-see-here posture regarding their finances. Martin penned <a href=\"https:\/\/kenmartin287890.substack.com\/p\/the-dnc-is-building-a-democratic\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a Substack essay<\/a> on Monday defending his fundraising and spending strategy. And <strong>Roger Lau<\/strong>, the executive director of the DNC, told the Times in a statement that the request to vendors to hold off on sending their invoices for months is \u201cnothing more than standard negotiations with vendors over contracts and payment processes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/dnc-boss-threw-his-phone-at-a-junior-aides-desk-in-fit-of-frustration-wild-nyt-report-reveals\/\">DNC Boss Threw His Phone at a Junior Aide\u2019s Desk in Fit of Frustration, Wild NYT Report Reveals<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) Despite polls indicating promising news on the horizon for Democrats, the party&#8217;s infrastructure is reportedly in complete turmoil. 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