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Although Clintonlost the election, she is still trying to run the Democratic Party by othermeans. The Hillreportedon July 8 that HillaryClintonis planning to campaign and fundraise for Democratic congressional candidates in 2018. The article states that she will use her Super PAC, Onward Together,as a fundraising apparatus. In aninterview shortly after launching the PAC in May 2017, she criticized theDemocratic National Committee(DNC) and implied it was useless during her presidential campaign. I mean it was bankrupt. It was on the verge of insolvency. Its data was mediocre to poor, nonexistent, wrong, she said. I had to inject money into it. Thus, she essentially told her billionaire donors that the DNC was a liability and they should donate to her Super PAC instead.

She also is looking at the House districts she won in last years presidential contest againstDonald Trumpas part of an autopsy of her failed campaign, according to two sources who have spoken to the former secretary of state, Amie Parnes, a co-author ofShattered: Inside Hillary Clintons Doomed Campaign,wrotefor the Hill. Democratic leadership has continued to useClintons strategies, even thoughDemocratic candidate Jon Ossoff received a smaller share of the vote than HillaryClintondid in the same district in Georgias special congressional election this year. Nationwide, Clintonwonwealthy suburbs in record numbers, including 23 congressional districts that are currently held by Republicans. In an op-ed for Politico, Clintonstaffer Jesse Ferguson wrote, Democratshave to solidify the support of Romney-Clintonvoters if they have any hope of retaking Congress. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)conductedfocus groups on Americans who voted for Mitt Romneyy in 2012 and Hillary Clinton in 2016 to incorporate this strategy moving forward. In July 2016, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer infamously said,For every blue collarDemocratwe lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can repeat that in Ohio and Illinois and Wisconsin. He was wrong and continuing to rely on this strategy ensures that the Democratic Party will remain in the minority indefinitely.

The Hillstated that Republicans welcome HillaryClintonsinvolvement in the 2018 midterm elections. Her reputation for scandals, corruption and poor leadership provide them with even more political ammunition than House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosis unpopularity.Clintonintervening in congressional races by actively campaigning for candidates will feed into Republicans messaging that theDemocratic Partyis the party of the Clintons.

Targeting wealthy suburbs aligns with the will of theDemocratic Partyswealthiest donorsHillary Clintons closest allies. This strategy moves the party away from necessary reforms and ensures that it will remain shaped by the former first familys image. EstablishmentDemocratswould rathershiftto the center and court elites at lavish fundraisers than enact meaningful policies. All the while,working class, middle class and low income voters are increasingly disenfranchised from the party they view as beholden to corporations and the wealthy.

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