( CNN ) -- One year ago , the Republican National Committee completed a four-month period of `` self-reflection '' and `` evaluation '' after losing its second straight presidential election and the popular vote in five of the past six presidential elections . The result of that process became popularly known as the GOP `` Autopsy Report '' -- an analysis of all of the Republican Party 's ailments and prescriptions for how to cure them . But , after a year , it does n't look like they have really learned a thing . And their navel-gazing , introspection moment was n't all that new or particularly self-aware , as more than a decade of RNC chairmen -- yes , they have all been men -- before Reince Priebus have all tried the same thing . Why the RNC built a year-round ground game . In 2003 , Marc Racicot proclaimed that `` expanding our base by recruiting new Republican activists from traditionally strong and Democratic constituencies is our No . 1 priority . '' Then , crickets . In 2005 , Ken Mehlman 's `` Conversations with the Community '' targeted African-Americans . That did n't go so well . And in 2009 , Michael Steele 's failed `` 50 State Strategy '' spent a lot of money but did little else . Year after year , Republican leaders have admitted that their party is alienating huge swaths of voters . In last year 's report , for nearly 100 pages , they tried to convey the message : `` We get it . '' But here we are , another year later , and all the Republican Party has gotten is a year older , with little else to show for it . What the GOP has offered over the past 12 months to solve its problems is simply a change in tactics . The party hired `` outreach staff '' and placed them in communities they 've never been in before . But one must question whether it is effective outreach when your agenda keeps alienating the very people you are trying to include . The party is conducting `` candidate trainings '' to teach them how to talk to ( and about ) women , hoping to stave off any more `` legitimate rape '' moments , among other things . It 's worked to shorten the primary calendar and limit debates -- though ensuring that fewer people hear your agenda does n't seem a good tactic to achieve your goals on expansion . The attempted change in tactics has n't helped the party 's leaders , officials , or endorsed candidates with their chronic foot-in-mouth syndrome . In this past year , we 've heard Republican leaders and operatives call a female candidate an `` empty dress , '' talk about women 's libidos , and -- once again -- try to downplay abuse . We 've heard them use derogatory terms to describe Latino immigrants , comparing them to drug mules . They have used insulting stereotypes for African-Americans , including just last week when former vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan used thinly veiled language to talk about the `` culture '' of laziness among `` inner-city men . '' And gay Americans have faced outright discrimination from Republicans at all levels -- from state party chairmen to candidates to elected officials . The Republican Party 's failure to rebrand has n't been limited to the disrespectful and insulting language . It continues to push an agenda that divides Americans , limits equally and denies to many the `` pursuit of happiness '' -- i.e. , access to economic opportunity . In other words , the GOP 's philosophy has n't changed . The leaders may have set out to become a party that is more `` inclusive and welcoming , '' but in reality the GOP has moved in the opposite direction . It continues to alienate large communities of Americans , embracing a rhetoric that emphasizes fear of others and , ironically , entitlement for themselves . The biggest problem for the Republican Party has never been its primary calendar , its campaign tactics or a lack of trainings . The party 's biggest problem is what it believes , what it says and how it governs . The good news is Democrats have spent the year building on a foundation of outreach rooted in our core values and an agenda based on equal opportunity . Democrats have pushed for equal pay for women because we know that when women succeed , America succeeds . We push for full equality for all Americans , regardless of where they live , what they look like or who they love . We push for commonsense immigration reform that is the right thing to do for our economy and our country . And we push an economic agenda that simply levels the playing field so that every American has a chance to move up the economic ladder . Democrats will use innovative programs and tools to empower grassroots supporters and ensure that Democrats up and down the ballot have the resources they need to win -- so that we can work to expand opportunity for all Americans . Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Donna Brazile .
A year after the GOP 's `` self-reflection , '' Donna Brazile says it does n't appear they get it . All the GOP has offered is simply a change in tactics , she says . Brazile thinks they still do n't get women , minorities and push an agenda that divides Americans . She believes Trump will win because he can appeal to voters who are tired of being told what to think by politicians. "