‘It’s terrifying’: DNC Chair says questioning the Democratic Party ‘is like leaving a cult’

While speaking on the panel, Li criticized the Democrats, and slammed Harris over rumors that she may run for governor of California. “She’s indulging delusions of running for governor in California in 2026 and perhaps even running for president in 2028 and I just want to echo what a lot of you guys already said,” Li told the panel.

“This week was harrowing for me. This Saturday I went on Fox and Friends and said that Democrats have a 'stench of loser' hanging over them. As soon as I said that there were boycott campaigns against me… I lost 40,000 followers in four days. People have ... called me a wh*re, they called me the ‘C’ word, they called for me to be deported,” she added.

“You can search my name and those terms on X and you can see a bunch of them. All these so-called Democrats, the party of inclusion and diversity, masks off. It’s even worse because they pretend to occupy the moral high ground. At least with Republicans, they are who they are, but Democrats pretend to be so loving and caring and embracing of diversity.”

“But all of a sudden when I dare to utter any criticisms of the goddess Kamala Harris, I get ostracized… Me, after having raised tens of millions of dollars for the party, and I’m being called a grifter?” Li added.

Li described herself as a “conservative Democrat,” and noted that donors to the party are “pissed” because over $2 billion was donated to the party during the 2024 election.

“It’s my duty of care to ask, 'What the hell happened with that money? Why did we spend it? Why did we spend millions of dollars on five-star hotels for campaign staffers? Why did we spend $500,000 essentially bribing Al Sharpton moments before he interviewed Kamala?' These are legitimate questions, but no, in the cult, you can’t ask questions.”

“Leaving the Democratic Party or even questioning the Democratic Party is like leaving a cult, it’s terrifying.”

Li has been vocal in her criticisms of Harris after the election loss, saying that she is not a candidate that people want, causing backlash. Li has also been criticized by her party after she expressed support for President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.