DNC Passes Dueling Abolish-ICE and Reform-ICE Resolutions

DNC member Michele Johnson, who proposed the abolition resolution, argued the party loses voters' trust when it is "poll tested" instead of taking clear positions, the Associated Press reported.

DNC member Yvonne Reeves-Chong voted against abolition, warning it would energize only part of the base while drawing opposition from other voters, according to the AP.

Marge Hoffa, vice chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, argued unsuccessfully against the abolition language: "We shouldn't contradict ourselves by also introducing a resolution that would now call to abolish something that we have a well-established track record of calling to be drastically reformed."

North Carolina DNC member John Verdejo told The Washington Times that socialist candidates are beating establishment Democrats because incumbents lost touch with the base. "Do a better job. Because if you were doing the job that we would like you to do, there'd be no insurgents coming after you," he said. "All due respect, some of them got fat, while the rest of us were starving."

Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters called it a vote to "abolish law enforcement." "Democrats made it official: they care more about protecting violent illegal aliens than American families," he said. "This resolution is political suicide, and Democrats will pay for choosing open borders over public safety, border security, and backing the blue."

Former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison pushed back on the idea that the committee had lurched left, telling The Washington Times: "The DNC is not a policy organization. It is a party infrastructure. It focuses on making sure that you have the infrastructure to win elections." He acknowledged the DNC does produce a platform that candidates run under.