Episode Details

In this episode of Based Camp, Simone and Malcolm Collins unpack the Democratic Party’s multi-layered civil war and institutional mess. The DNC just fought an open racial and ideological battle over which state goes first in the 2028 presidential primary—South Carolina (Black voters) vs. Nevada (Latino voters)—while the party sits millions in debt, faces donor flight, phone-throwing drama from Chair Ken Martin, and a delayed, incomplete 2024 election autopsy that buried a chapter blaming Biden’s refusal to step aside.

They cover:

* Why the first primary state matters so much (and how it historically blocked Bernie and could block AOC-style candidates)

* Open racial primacy sniping between Black and Latino Democratic factions

* Establishment/moderate Black voters as a firewall against the DSA/progressive left

* DNC financial collapse versus the RNC’s cash pile

* Gen Z’s extreme salary expectations and accelerating demand for socialism

* Younger Democrats’ sharp leftward shift on capitalism, policing, and institutions

* Whether the party can hold or is heading toward collapse/replacement by something more radical

* Speculations on 2028 candidates (including the Hunter Biden “banished prince” theory)

Plus the usual Based Camp mix of data, personal political experience, and unfiltered analysis of identity politics, donor incentives, and what comes next.

Show Notes

Intra-Democratic Fight

* The conflict was triggered by DNC’s choice of which state goes first in the 2028 presidential primary

The Dispute

* Black voters make up a large share of South Carolina’s Democrats and have long been the party’s most loyal national base

* Nevada is a diverse battleground with a substantial Latino population.

* Black leaders treated keeping South Carolina first as a non-negotiable recognition of Black voters’ centrality—especially after recent Supreme Court rulings that weakened Voting Rights Act protections and triggered redistricting fights that reduced Black representation in the South.

* South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Christale Spain put it bluntly in comments that went viral, elevating Nevada over South Carolina “would be because of their Latino vote. So you would then be telling Black voters that you matter less than brown voters.”

* Al Sharpton and others echoed the “slap in the face” framing.

* Some countered, saying things like: “The earliest primaries should be in competitive swing states. Not South Carolina. Honoring the importance of black voters to the Democratic base is also valid, but that still shouldn’t be South Carolina, it should be Georgia and Michigan” … “The purpose of a primary is to choose the strongest nominee to win the general election. It does us no good to show us a candidate is popular in a state that will be irrelevant when it really matters”

* Latino advocacy groups (Voto Latino, Latino Victory Project, etc.) and Nevada Democrats pushed hard the other way, arguing Nevada better reflects the modern coalition Democrats need and that Latinos deserved the symbolic first slot after their 2024 shifts.

* This produced open, racially charged sniping between Black and Latino Democratic factions right before the committee vote—exactly the “giant fight between blacks [and] Hispanics” described.

* The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee ultimately recommended South Carolina first (on or around Jan. 22, 2028), followed by Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan, and Virginia. The full DNC still needs to ratify it.

The Broader DSA/Progressive Struggle

* Progressives and DSA-aligned voices viewed the South Carolina-first outcome as an establishment move to disadvantage left-wing or socialist candidates.

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