Hacks
By Donna Brazile
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Explosive… A blistering tell-all.”—Washington Post
“People should sit up, take notes and change things.”—Ace
Smith, Los Angeles Times
“Brazile most certainly has a story to tell…. Vivid.”—The
Guardian
From Donna Brazile, former DNC chair and legendary political
operative, an explosive and revealing new look at the 2016
election: the first insider account of the Russian hacking of the
DNC and the missteps by the Clinton campaign and Obama
administration that enabled a Trump victory.
In the fallout of the Russian hacking of the Democratic National
Committee–and as chaos threatened to consume the party’s
convention–Democrats turned to a familiar figure to right the
ship: Donna Brazile. Known to millions from her frequent TV
appearances, she was no stranger to high stakes and dirty
opponents, and the longtime Democratic strategist had a
reputation in Washington as a one-stop shop for fixing sticky
problems.
What Brazile found at the DNC was unlike anything she had
experienced before–and much worse than is commonly known. The
party was beset by infighting, scandal, and hubris, while reeling
from a brazen and wholly unprecedented attempt by a foreign power
to influence the presidential election. Plus, its candidate,
Hillary Clinton, faced an opponent who broke every rule in the
political playbook.
Packed with never-before-reported revelations about what went
down in 2016, Hacks is equal parts campaign thriller,
memoir, and roadmap for the future. With Democrats now in the
wilderness after this historic defeat, Hacks argues
that staying silent about what went wrong helps no one. Only by
laying bare the missteps, miscalculations, and crimes of 2016,
Brazile contends, will Americans be able to salvage their
democracy.