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The Democratic National Committee announced Monday that the organization has hired the social media staffer who ran the @KamalaHQ account during Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed presidential campaign.
The social team will now focus on building the new @FactPostNews brand for Democratic Party Across X, Threads and Bluesky, with plans to expand to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok. The account will seek to counter in real time what it calls “misinformation” from President-elect Trump’s administration.
Shelby Cole, chief mobilization officer for the Democratic National Committee, told Axios: “The Republican disinformation machine is powerful, but we believe an even more powerful weapon is educating people about how Trump and his administration deceived the American people. fact.”
The Democratic National Committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital on Monday morning.
James Carville admits he was wrong about Kamala Harris’ chances: ‘Stupid, always the economy’
The social media team behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign account is launching a new initiative with the Democratic National Committee. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin)
According to Axios, the team’s first set of marching orders will be to harass Trump’s Cabinet nominees during their confirmation process by emphasizing their personal wealth. An internal memo called the nominees “inappropriate billionaire candidates.”
The new move comes as Democrats are sweepingly reassessing their election strategy following Trump’s landslide victory in November.
Kamala Harris’ incorrect answer to Biden’s ‘view’ seen as turning point in campaign
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., acknowledged last week that Democrats should view the 2024 election as a failure and reflect on what went wrong after the party lost two elections. White House and the Senate, but failed to overturn the House.
New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer speaks after a policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Schumer was asked about Democratic strategist James Carville’s statement that the reason Democrats are losing is “economy, Stupid. “
“I told my caucus, and I’ll say it here…certainly it’s a failure, but it’s also a challenge,” Schumer said of the election.
Schumer said Democrats faced “serious headwinds” in winning four of the seven contested Democratic Senate seats, but acknowledged “we did some things wrong and we have to look in the mirror and see what we did wrong.” ”
President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans scored a sweeping victory in November. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“What we have to do is take the time to talk to working families and show them how much we care,” Schumer added. “Not just talking about legislation, but talking about the conditions that have so many working families worried about their future.”
Fox News’ Stephen Solas contributed to this report
