Hakeem Jeffries spikes the football at a news conference following the Virginia redistricting referendum. Credit: Fox news screenshotOne of the most underreported aspects of the 2026 midterms is that the Democrat Party is virtually broke, while Republicans are flush with cash.The media doesn’t want people to know this because they don’t want to do anything that might hurt the Democrats’ chances of winning.If you believe the media and the pollsters, you probably think the Democrats are on their way to a blue wave election, but the truth is that they are now begging their donors for cash so that they can be competitive.Politico reports:House Democratic campaign arm says it needs $17 million, and fastThe Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is begging for resources, and setting a hard deadline for donors to give $17 million in order to compete in a handful of districts that Republicans carried easily in 2024.DCCC Executive Director Julie Merz said the committee needs the cash influx by Oct. 22 in order to “to take advantage of the opportunities we have” outside of the core battlefield, according to a memo shared with donors on Friday and obtained by POLITICO.If they don’t pony up, Merz warns, the party “could be leaving winnable races on the table.”Democrats have been clear that they have a fundraising disadvantage this cycle, but they have so far been reluctant to place a specific dollar amount on their needs, making the DCCC’s memo Friday a particularly surprising outlier.“Here’s the tough reality though: the Republican ecosystem has amassed a massive war chest that is significantly greater than ours and is spending it,” Merz says in the memo after arguing that the members of the committee “remain confident that we will win back the majority in 25 days.”…The committee tells donors that their internal polling shows all of those races within reach, but that Republicans’ big cash advantages — especially in the Trump-aligned super PAC MAGA Inc. — will make it harder to win those and other reach seats.This doesn’t really match the media narrative, does it?NEW — The DCCC is asking donors for $17M, and putting a hard deadline of Oct. 22 to meet the figure, per memo obtained by @politico. If they don’t pony up, DCCC ED Julie Merz warns, the party “could be leaving winnable races on the table.”https://t.co/gl4fckCeh5— Andrew Howard (@andrewjfhoward) October 9, 2026 It’s not exactly a picture of confidence.The post PANICKED AND BROKE: House Democrats Are Now Begging Their Donors for Cash appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.