Democrats charge Democrats are abandoning democracy by choosing winners in primary battlefields

Democrats are being accused of abandoning democracy by picking and choosing winners in the primary battlefields this year.

The accusations are coming from other Democrats.

The party set a precedent for the scheming back in 2024 when Joe Biden, because of public confirmation about his declining mental capabilities, abruptly pulled out of the presidential race.

The party’s elite picked as his replacement Kamala Harris, who had run briefly in the Democrat primary against Joe Biden years earlier, but dropped out before ever getting a primary vote.

Essentially, she represented the choice of the party’s royalty, not the choice of party members, who never were allowed to vote whether she should be the party’s standard-bearer.

Now the agenda has come into focus again, with the listing by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee of its “winners” in multiple primary campaigns.

A group of 17 outsider Democratic congressional candidates “launched a veritable public revolt against their own party’s campaign arm,” according to a report at RedState.

The report commented, “You mean the party that unceremoniously dumped Joe Biden once the jig was up on his mental state and installed Kamala Harris without so much as a single primary vote isn’t a big fan of letting voters decide? The party that rigged Bernie Sanders’ primary against Hillary Clinton in 2016 doesn’t have faith in voters to choose a winning candidate? Are y’all just as stunned as I am?”

Spectrum News pointed out the protest that is developing.

The other Democrats running in #NC11 aren’t happy with the @dccc putting Jamie Ager on its “Red to Blue” program.

A number of candidates issued a statement saying “You cannot argue that democracy is on the ballot in November while narrowing democracy in
the primaries.” #ncpol https://t.co/KTPrZmb1YC pic.twitter.com/8MLAKzUrKf

— Reuben Jones (@ReubenJones1) February 26, 2026

It was after the DCCC endorsed a dozen fundraising frontrunners in various House races and some of those challenging those frontrunners objected.

“Such early institutional backing also carries significant influence in the primary process — often shaping fundraising pipelines, access, and perceived viability before voters have had the opportunity to evaluate the full field,” the coalition warned.

“We are six months out from a primary … it is absolutely infuriating,” Jason Knapp, one of the outsider candidates, said in an interview with Axios.

The statement continued, ““Primaries are not an inconvenience, they are the foundation of democratic legitimacy. Constituents deserve the opportunity to compare ideas, hear open debate, and decide for themselves who will represent them rather than being told who to vote for.”

And, “You cannot argue that democracy is on the ballot in November while narrowing democracy in the primaries from now through August. If a candidate is strong, they should be able to earn support in open competition… protecting them from competition is not confidence.”

Here’s the list of picks from the DCCC:

HUGE NEWS! Meet the Democrats who are going to help us flip the House.

The road to the majority runs through these races. Red to Blue starts now! pic.twitter.com/XoxqES2n9c

— DCCC (@dccc) February 23, 2026

One publication warned it was now that the Democrats “eat their own.”

DCCC chief Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington claimed the endorsements were a strategic effort to boost the candidates’ chances in the general.

They are “the ones that we think can win,” she claimed.

Said RedState,” Got that? It’s all about the prospect of winning, not what their own voters want. We all know they don’t give a rip about who the general election voters want, but to spit on their own? That’s something.”