The Democratic National Committee released a long-awaited yet still incomplete report into what went wrong during the 2024 presidential election.

The report had initially been shelved, but after months of consternation and criticism, DNC chair Ken Martin said he released it today in the name of transparency.

He also said it, quote, wasn't ready for prime time

and rejected its findings, writing this, I am not proud of this product. It does not meet my

standards, and it won't meet your standards. I am releasing the report as I received it in its

entirety, unedited and unabridged, with annotations for claims that couldn't be verified.

Those annotations are found throughout the 192 pages. The report blames Joe Biden's political team

for not positioning Kamala Harris for success. It also says Democrats didn't effectively make the

case against Donald Trump. There are also omissions.

The report does not mention Mr. Biden's age or the war in Gaza and how opposition to it may have

depressed Democratic enthusiasm. Joining us to discuss what the party got right and wrong and how to

move forward into the midterm elections is Democratic strategist, our friend Fas Shakir.

Fas, it's good to see you.

So this report is riddled with errors.

There are notes saying, quote, no evidence provided, analysis not supported by the data.

There's even a missing conclusion with a note saying this section was not provided by the author.

What do you make of the way that this was handled? It was handled poorly, and I think obviously can probably acknowledge that, the chairman of the DNC. What are people looking for at this moment? They're looking for leadership and they're looking some sense of integrity of can you diagnose restoring the Democratic brand? In my view, it is suffering with working class people.

In this age of Trump, it should be booming. You know, the Democratic Party should be the place,

the home of so many people, not only Democrats, but so many independents who are feeling disaffected. What is the brand problem? And I think the report is more a symptom rather than the

cause of the problems. It's a symptom because there's a sense of unwillingness to talk about hard issues,

confront difficult questions, let's have a debate, let's discuss reform, let's not be status quo.

And people look at this report and the process by which it is now released as saying,

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