DNC Arm Cracks Down on Activist Offshoots

DNC Arm Cracks Down on Activist Offshoots
Former President Barack Obama in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2019. Obama's Organizing for America group has been criticized by fellow Democrats. JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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An arm of the Democratic National Committee is cracking down on activist groups within the party for allegedly duplicating efforts and poaching donors. Those faithful to the DNC have complained for years that the groups have been competing with and undermining DNC and state-level organizations.

Many Democrats have complained that the party’s operating infrastructure was neglected in the years that Barack Obama, who entered politics as a community organizer, was president.