Democrat Fundraising Titan Says DNC Is A ‘10-Alarm Fire,’ Calls To Oust Party Chair

Rufus Gifford, a longtime Democratic fundraiser and former senior party official, called for Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin to be removed, arguing that the organization is “spiraling towards irrelevance” under his leadership.Gifford made the case in a Monday Substack post titled “The Democratic National Committee Is Worth Saving,” blaming Martin for the party’s fundraising and messaging struggles over the past year.NEW In a devastating piece, Rufus Gifford, who has held major national campaign fundraising roles for the Democratic Party since 2008, says that under Ken Martin’s leadership, the DNC is “spiraling towards irrelevance,” its staff is losing faith, and there is “no saving… pic.twitter.com/W2Do3wEyv5— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 27, 2026 “For the last year I