The DNC's Resolutions Committee meets at the national party's summer meeting, on August 26, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Paul Steinhauser - Fox News)
A resolution introduced and supported by DNC chair Ken Martin that called for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as well as unrestricted access for humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, was unanimously passed by the panel.
But the defeat of the second, more forceful resolution, which was introduced by 26-year-old Allison Minnerly, a new DNC member from Florida, sparked opposition among some members on the panel.
"It’s not enough," DNC committee member from Washington D.C. Sophia Danenberg said, as she pointed to Martin's resolution. "People want to hear a louder, stronger, statement."
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Danenberg emphasized, "I do fear that we're losing our future as the Democratic Party by not being courageous on this issue."
Minutes later, following a private conversation between Martin and Minnerly, the DNC chair asked the committee to "withdraw my resolution so we can move united today and have the conversation."
Residents in Gaza line up for food amid worsening famine on July 23, 2025. (Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images)
"One thing all of this room can agree on is that the crisis in Gaza is urgent," Martin said as he introduced his resolution. This resolution is focused on the humanitarian crisis and makes clear that it must be addressed as the emergency that it is."
And Martin's resolution also called for "long-term peace through a two-state solution" between Israel and the Palestinians.
Minnerly said her more forceful resolution would "ensure that the Democratic Party will follow the will of our voters and call for an end to U.S. involvement in this particular tragedy. The resolution was drafted in consultation with Palestinians and many folks directly impacted by this ongoing humanitarian crisis."
Martin, after calling for the withdrawal of his competing resolution, urged that Democrats to "move forward in a conversation on this as a party. We need to keep working through this. We have to find a path forward as a party, and we have to stay unified."
And the chair said he would "appoint a committee or taskforce comprised of stakeholders on all sides of this to continue to have the conversation."
But Minnerly, after the committee adjourned, told reporters, "I think it's disappointing that the conversation is ending here today and that at this DNC meeting there's going to be no further conversation on Gaza when it's so over due and so critical to people."
And Joe Salas, a DNC committee member from California and a Muslim American, told Fox News after the defeat of Minnerly's resolution, that "I think there is a disconnect between the people on the committee and the average lock-stock-and-barrel voters who identify with the Democratic Party."
While the outcome left many disappointed, the debate was orderly and there were no protests or disruptions of the committee meeting.
The Republican National Committee, following the meeting, blasted Martin.
"Weak DNC Chair Ken Martin was bullied by radical Antisemitic members to withdraw a resolution that recognizes Israel's right to exist," the RNC charged in a social media post.
Joe Gruters (right) and Michael Whatley at RNC summer meeting (Paul Steinhauser - Fox News )
The competing Gaza resolutions were among 19 resolutions voted on by the panel.
Among them was the DEI resolution, which called for "Affirming the American Values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion."
The author of the resolution, DNC member Bill Owen of Tennessee, a former state senator, said "to my Republican friends and fellow citizens…who profess to be active Christians, I remind them that D.E.I. is the very foundation of the Christian church. I get a little emotional on this, but Jesus loves little children. All the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white."
President Donald Trump and Republicans, during last year's campaign, repeatedly took aim at Democrats over their support for DEI efforts and transgender rights, turning them into political liabilities.
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And following the Democrats' setbacks in last year's elections, when the party lost control of the White House, the Senate, and failed to win back the House majority, some in the party have second-guessed their long support for DEI and transgender rights.
The resolutions passed Tuesday by the panel will face votes on Wednesday by the entire DNC membership during the national party committee's closing general session.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
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