DNC Chair Ken Martin accused of throwing phone at aide, HR complaint filed
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Stressed-out Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin faces a formal human resources complaint after he threw his phone onto his deputy’s desk at the party’s Washington headquarters in early July, the New York Times reported Sunday; Its leadership has come under scrutiny due to financial concerns and internal tensions.
The cause of the alleged outburst remained unclear, but a DNC source briefed on the incident described it as deteriorating behavior.
“This is completely unacceptable. This is an increasing behavior,” the source said I told NOTUS.
The Times described the show of frustration as a sign that Martin’s “nerves were frayed.”
DNC Chairman Ken Martin reportedly faces an HR complaint after he threw his phone on his assistant’s desk. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
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Quoted by the Times Six people knew about the incident, none of whom witnessed it firsthand. Accounts differed about how hard Martin threw the phone, but the newspaper reported that the phone landed on the deputy’s desk as Martin scolded the employee, prompting a formal HR complaint.
NOTUS reported that five sources said Martin threw the phone at the aide after a planned donor and political call. The call did not reach the employee, but several deputies were shaken, according to the report. Martin apologized to the assistant at the HR meeting the next business day.
The reports come as the DNC faces a significant financial disadvantage with less than four months until the midterm elections. Federal Election Commission records It showed that the committee ended June with $16.3 million in cash and $18.5 million in debt. By comparison, the Republican National Committee reported It has $128.5 million in cash and no debt.
Martin is leading the Democratic Party in its effort to regain control of the House and Senate in midterm elections in what has historically been a volatile year for the party to fall from power. Every president this century has seen his party lose its majority in at least one chamber in a midterm election.
The DNC used its Washington headquarters as collateral for a $15 million line of credit amid mounting debts. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
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According to the New York Times, he began joking about job security and was “tired of the tarnished public image of a party he clearly loved and devoted his life to.” He has also largely disappeared from public interviews in recent months following criticism over his botched publication of the party’s 2024 “autopsy”.
Fox News Digital reported in November that the DNC confirmed it had opened a $20 million line of credit and drawn down $15 million. The committee pledged its partially owned Washington headquarters as collateral for the loan.
A DNC official said: Statement to the New York Post The use of the building as collateral was found to be in line with previous committee practices.
“This is not new. The loan documents were made public in November, and the DNC building was also used as collateral for our previous lines of credit in 2019, 2018, 2014 and many other years,” the official said. he said.
The DNC ended June with $16.3 million in cash and $18.5 million in debt, according to FEC filings. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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The Times reported that the committee asked some vendors to delay sending invoices until after the midterms.
DNC Executive Director Roger Lau described these requests as routine contract negotiations in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“This is nothing more than standard negotiations with vendors on contracts and payment processes,” Lau said.
Martin defended the committee’s strategy in a speech. Substack article Last week, it announced it had raised $154.8 million from grassroots and major donors through June; This rate was 95.2 million dollars in the 2017-2018 period.
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“The current DNC has raised the most money of any DNC without the White House in the 198-year history of the Democratic Party,” Martin said in a Substack on Monday. “But the party is not a savings account. Its purpose is to build power.”
While the DNC responded to financial questions, it did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request regarding Martin’s alleged conduct regarding the aide.
