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Power struggle within the Alabama Democratic Party leads to confusion and loss of faith
TLDR A power struggle between two factions of Democrats in Alabama, led by Senator Doug Jones and Joe Reed, results in a year-long power vacuum and a loss of faith among party members. The Democratic National Committee investigates the election for party chair and requests a new election, but Nancy Worley and Joe Reed refuse to comply, causing further frustration and uncertainty within the party.
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00:00
The fight between two factions of Democrats in Alabama, led by Senator Doug Jones and Joe Reed, comes to a head in an election for party chair, with Doug Jones' camp worried about breaking up Joe's majority and not trusting Nancy Worley, the person in charge of the meeting.
03:36
Doug Jones, the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama since 1992, expresses frustration with the party and asks black Democrats to support his candidate for party chair, Peck Fox, instead of Joe Reed.
07:22
Doug Jones nominates Peck Fox, a white attorney, for party chair, causing discontent among black Democrats and leading Dimitri to realize that Doug Jones is the enemy Joe Reed warned her about.
11:20
The Democratic National Committee investigates the election and determines it is not up to their standards, leading them to request a new election for party chair and ask Nancy to change the Joe Reed rule.
15:19
Despite numerous attempts by the DNC to make Nancy fall in line and change the bylaws, she and Joe Reed refuse to budge, leading to a year-long power vacuum and a loss of faith among the people.
18:54
Tabitha Eisner organizes a video conference call with Democrats across the state to plan a coup against Nancy and change the bylaws, but Doug Jones interrupts the call to say that he and a small group are already working on the problem.
22:40
Tabitha and her team of grassroots Democrats continue planning their meeting to change the bylaws and get rid of Nancy Worley, but Doug Jones announces his own meeting for the same purpose a week earlier, causing confusion and frustration among Tabitha's group.
26:49
Tabitha scraps her meeting and directs people to Doug Jones' meeting, but confusion arises as there are still two competing meetings organized by different factions within the Alabama Democratic Party, leading to uncertainty about which meeting is the legitimate one.
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