Donna Brazile
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Donna Brazile is a seasoned political strategist known for her work within the Democratic Party and her advocacy for civil rights. This interview reveals her dynamic approach to leadership, focusing on bottom-up strategies and the importance of diverse voices in political discourse.
“From the Russians. And so when I became chaired that afternoon, I began to look into what was happening at the DNC, and I promised Bernie Sanders that I would figure out if anything had if the campaign, if the primary was rigged. It took me a few weeks to do a real forensic examination of what was going on at the party.”
“Well, you know, here's what I did. I worked behind the scenes as As the vice chair, I mean, I was concerned that we were being attacked, a Democratic National Committee was being attacked not just by Bernie, but the other candidates for hosting only six debates.”
“An absence of resources and also when Gor and Gephardt went after it for Supert in many of those southern states, Dukakis emerged, Dukakis and Jackson emerged much stronger, but we essentially killed each other killed each other off. That's our political way of saying that we ran out of money.”
“He was 39 years old. Yeah. And so we became friends. And I was friends with Tippa. And so I was close to the Gores. And so when he called me to help out, I helped out. So I didn't have a formal role other than that of being a senior advisor. I wasn't on the payroll for them.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 192 - Donna Brazile
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