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Debbie Wasserman Schultz Out as DNC Chair
Following the devastating WikiLeaks scandal that exposed the Democratic National Committee’s deep bias against Bernie Sanders throughout the primaries, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has resigned as chair of the DNC. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D – Ohio) has announced that she “has been named permanent chair of the Democratic National Convention.”
Schultz just released the following statement:
I have been privileged to serve as the DNC Chair for five and a half years helping to re-elect President Obama and Vice President Biden, strengthening our State Party Partnership in all 50 states, leading a vigorous primary election this past year while preparing for the general election and representing millions of Democrats across the country. I couldn’t be more excited that Democrats are nominating our first woman presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, a friend I have always believed in and know will be a great President.
We arrived here in Philadelphia with the most inclusive and progressive platform the party has ever proposed and a unified recommendation from the Rules Committee on our path forward as Democrats. I am proud of my role in leading these efforts.
My first priority has always been serving the people of the 23rd district of Florida and I look forward to continuing to do that as their member of Congress for years to come. As the mother of my three amazing children and the Representative of Florida’s 23rd congressional district, I know that electing Hillary Clinton as our next president is critical for America’s future. I look forward to serving as a surrogate for her campaign in Florida and across the country to ensure her victory.
Going forward, the best way for me to accomplish those goals is to step down as Party Chair at the end of this convention. As Party Chair, this week I will open and close the Convention and I will address our delegates about the stakes involved in this election not only for Democrats, but for all Americans. We have planned a great and unified Convention this week and I hope and expect that the DNC team that has worked so hard to get us to this point will have the strong support of all Democrats in making sure this is the best convention we have ever had.
I’ve been proud to serve as the first woman nominated by a sitting president as Chair of the Democratic National Committee and I am confident that the strong team in place will lead our party effectively through this election to elect Hillary Clinton as our 45th president.
While Fudge is handling the convention in Philadelphia, Donna Brazile will be the interim chair of Democratic National Committee through November.
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The DNC can get advice from the other big crime organization, the Mafia on how to do it.
Paul,
The question is begged of loyal to whom.
As Nick notes it may be loyal to Obama and not Clinton.
Recently, Brandon Davis of the SEIU was brought in to the DNC below DWS. He’d been at SEIU since 2007. In 2008 the Democrat split seemed to be between SEIU/Obama/race hustlers on the one hand and the government employee unions/Hillary/feminists and gays on the other. Brain-dead youth gave then Obama the edge.
My question is whether Obama is banking on Hillary losing. If she gets to control the DNC now and loses, she’ll still have control. If Obama takes control of the DNC now and Hillary loses, Obama will retain control. If Hillary wins, she will get to take over the DNC.
Why is it always Wikileaks or some other secret exposure that tells the public the truth, just like the emails? Why is there no one among these organizations, in this case the DNC, with the guts to come forward and see this is seriously wrong, biased, unethical? Can’t even run a campaign without scandal…….
Why wouldn’t he keep it in his pocket, hoping she will win? Then he owns the US president.
Schultz is an amatuer, instead of resigning she should have held a press conference and said “sure I rigged the primaries, but that’s in the past, what’s done is done. What difference, at this point, does it make?“
Just another day in the debacle we call the 2016 election, and a signal that Putin thinks he can be The Decider when it comes to picking the next President.
It’s what you get when:
The Democrats nominate a felonious grifter who, when faced with deciding whether, as a high-ranking government official privy to critical security information, she would rather comply with the law and run the risk that the American public might one day see her emails or avoid complying and run the risk that America’s enemy would see them, concludes “that’s easy, I’ll take our enemies any day over my fellow citizens!”
And the Republicans nominate a candidate who seems entranced that Putin has said nice things about him, whose campaign manager worked for Putin’s puppet in the Ukraine, and whose advisor on Russian policy is a Putin supporter who loves doing deals with Gazprom, the state-owned Russian gas company.
Depends how he sees the election going. If he’s convinced Hillary is going to win in any event, he keeps it in his pocket. If not, he has multiple ways to play it. In any event, he now thinks he’s in the drivers seat when it comes to picking the next President.
I want to believe that Trump is behind this. Screw all the loser Mike Murphy-style consultants and their stupid giant ad buys. Can you think of anything with a better ROI that Trump laying out a (multi?) million dollar bounty out to the hackers of the world for DNC and Hillary hacked emails?
Just read at the Resurgent – Dona Brazille will take over as DNC Chair. I agree with their analysis – she’s no dummy.
She’ll be an asset, much better than DWS.
Oh, that’s an excellent point! Brilliant catch, Kevin.
Any dissenting voices were driven out of the DNC a while ago. The question is, does this make it palatable for Sanders’ supporters to support HRC? They’re a lot happier now than they were.
Perhaps DWS wasn’t trying to shaft Bernie so much as just demonstrating – through chicanery, deceit, and lies – that she would fit seamlessly into Hillary’s organization.
I’ve already seen the “Trump is in Cahoots With Russia” idea floating around.
Yeah, they’re trying to claim that Trump and Putin are working together, because (heh) Putin is supposed to be afraid of a Hillary administration. Riiiight. She’s going to buy another reset button or something.
A DNC chair named Fudge. I love it.
if Trump gets elected he’ll get played like a cheap trumpet by anyone with a brain. My sense is that Putin prefers Trump.
Strange days. I’m linking to Slate who seems to agree with me. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/07/vladimir_putin_has_a_plan_for_destroying_the_west_and_it_looks_a_lot_like.htmlYou can’t help yourself, can you?
There are a lot of things that I don’t agree with @jamielockett on, but on this? This whole election cycle has been a nightmare. The only thing likely to get a Republican win is the fact that the Democrats have been even more feckless. Both candidates are highly divisive, and not in a good way. We just have to keep hoping that the Democrats manage to out-gaffe Trump and that we aren’t slaughtered down ticket since the focus will all be on Trump. Jamie is wrong about the scale. This isn’t a dumpster fire; it’s a landfill fire. We’re just hoping it doesn’t start a coal seam on fire, too.
And then we can write posts about how he is a scrub and a weasel also. Good times, 2016.
Bro, do you even keep up with current events? Ted Cruz told people to vote up and down ticket according to their conscience.
Compared to that the DNC is like flint and pile of twigs in the rain. Ted Cruz is like a nuclear weapon in the dumpster.
C’mon man. Stop commenting on Ricochet and start reading it.
That was one of the few moments of pride I’ve had in a Republican since this whole thing started.
I saw some of ‘Meet The Press’ while Channel Surfing this morning . Chuck Todd was trying to get a response from Sanders about the leaks . Sanders didn’t take the bait, only attacked Trump and supported Clinton. Quite a contrast to the Sanders supporters who were protesting today and chanting ‘Lock Her Up’ on the streets of Philadelphia.
I can’t wait to see the coverage on Monday. I love the smell of toast in the morning.
I saw “Hillary’s America” this weekend. The line in that movie was, “Never give up the con, never! Deny, Deny, Deny…”
Why should the DNC not be biased against Mr Sanders? He’s not a Democrat. His joining the race embarrassed their heir-apparent. Good for them for looking out for their own (rotten, lousy) interests.
One wishes that the RNC had had the cojones to treat Mr Trump the same way, but hey, while I’m at it I wish I had a flying pony.
Not very likely. Mr Putin already has shown how he can steamroller our recently retired SOS. She’s a self-serving traitor. Mr Trump is an unknown.
As long as whomever drives the car off of the cliff has Debbie in the front seat and Hillary in the trunk, it’s all good.
Can you believe they’re trying to blame the Russians? Next it will be George Bush’s fault! It could be anyone’s fault but what matters is the content! They won’t let that be the focus because they screwed Bernie Sanders royally. Why? Hilary couldn’t win honestly?
If Sanders didn’t defend himself and condoned this, there is something wrong – a deal has been made with the devil here…..
Ted Kennedy, where are you now that we need you.