A new book claims that Barack Obama ‘destroyed’ the Democratic Party by battling for ‘power and money’ with his own organization

According to a new book, former President Barack Obama attempted to distance himself from the Democratic Party after leaving it in disarray following his departure from the White House.

The book “Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,” published by William Morrow and Company, claims that Obama was never a Democratic Party supporter.

Instead, the authors claim that Obama sought favors from a group of “black professionals” for his campaigns, unlike former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and former President Joe Biden.

Furthermore, the book, written by political journalists Jonathan Allen of NBC News and Amie Parnes of The Hill, claims that Obama’s creation of Organizing for Action, a nonprofit founded in 2012 after his re-election to advance his legislative priorities, splintered the Democratic Party.

“Though Organizing for Action never realized his vision, it competed with the party for power and money,” according to the memoir. “He left the Democratic Party significantly weaker than he found it. Or, as one party official put it, ‘Obama destroyed that s—.'”

The book also described how the Clintons, along with Biden, former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile, and a few other party officials, attempted to “rebuild the party infrastructure” after Obama’s 2016 departure from the White House.

According to the book, this entailed preventing far-left Democrats from gaining control of the party and ensuring that party loyalists ran things.

“Over the years, these establishment Democrats kept progressive outsiders at bay by assisting in the installation of party loyalists on national and state committees. ‘You know who did that?’ asked a Biden ally familiar with the maneuvering. “Bill and Hillary motherf—ing Clinton,” the book stated.

“Fight,” released on Tuesday, also revealed Obama’s reluctance to support former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election to replace Biden, citing concerns about his mental fitness. According to the book, Obama lacked confidence in Harris’ ability to defeat current President Donald Trump in the November 2024 election, which frustrated Harris.

Finally, Obama endorsed Harris five days after Biden announced he would not run for office again in the 2024 election, a delay that offended Harris and necessitated some “mending” between the two Democrats, according to a source close to Obama, Allen and Parnes wrote.

A spokesperson for Obama’s press office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Despite this, Obama’s wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama, attended the Democratic National Convention in August 2024, after Harris secured the party’s nomination.

“Kamala Harris is more than ready for this moment,” Michelle Obama said during the convention. “She is one of the most qualified people ever to seek the office of the presidency and she is one of the most dignified — a tribute to her mother, to my mother, and probably to your mother, too, the embodiment of the stories we tell ourselves about this country.”

Meanwhile, Democratic strategists predict that Barack Obama’s influence over the Democratic Party is waning, and some argue that he is out of touch with Trump’s appeal.

For example, political commentator and author Ben Burgess wrote an op-ed after Obama delivered a speech at the Obama Democracy Forum, claiming that part of the “problem” is Obama’s inability to understand why Trump won the 2024 election and that the American public should stop listening to him.

“Obama’s characteristic rhetorical virtues were on full display,” Burgess wrote for MSNBC in December 2024, following his speech. “He was a constitutional law professor before he became a politician, and he still speaks like one. At the same time, he possessed a once-in-a-generation talent for political communication. He understands how to present a complex set of ideas in a digestible and appealing manner.

“But there was a massive gaping hole at the center of his speech,” the op-ed read. “He still doesn’t understand why his eight years in power culminated in the rise of Trump.”

“Fight” examines how Trump won a second term in the White House, as well as the consequences for the Democratic Party. It is based on interviews conducted by Allen and Parnes with over 150 political insiders, according to the book’s description.

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