“Going forward, the best way for me to accomplish those goals is to step down as Party Chair at the end of this convention”, Wasserman Schultz said in a statement Sunday afternoon.
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Though the emails show Wasserman Schultz and DNC staff favoring Clinton and sending each other notes on ways to disparage her primary opponent Bernie Sanders, nothing conclusive has surfaced so far. She will address delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this week before ceding her post to Donna Brazile, the vice chairwoman of the DNC. As the mother of my three unbelievable 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. The controversy led to her Sunday announcement that she would resign after the convention and news that she would not have a major speaking role at the convention. “Anything that distracts from that message at the Democratic National Convention or across the country is a mistake, so I think she did the right thing”.
Reports from the convention indicate Sanders supporters reacted negatively when he voiced support for Clinton in a Monday speech, and havepanti-Clinton protests planned throughout the week.
Meantime, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says the breach was a “serious incident” and a private contractor has been hired to sweep the organization’s network had “moved as quickly as possible to kick out the intruders and secure our network”. “Hispanics are the most brand loyal consumers in the World: Known fact”, reads one email to DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda.
In a press conference Monday morning, before Wasserman Schultz made the decision not to open the convention, Hillary Clinton campaign director Robby Mook said he was not concerned with the “parliamentary procedure” of who opens the convention.
Instead of an actual position, naming Wasserman Schultz “honorary chair” is more of a bid to save face after a scandal-and to not completely throw a friend under the bus-than anything else.
Sanders told his delegates in Philadelphia on Monday to support Clinton, drawing boos from some in the audience.
“They rigged the system to protect Hillary Clinton, and Senator Feingold should have called on her to condemn this”, Garrett said.
The FBI said it is investigating a massive breach of the Democratic National Committee’s computers, which sources and experts say was likely the work of government hackers in Russian Federation. “I think the president needs to step in because it’s clear it’s corrupt, and that’s unfair to the American people”. They were anxious that what they intend to be a well-choreographed event, which officials hoped would contrast with the at times chaotic Republican convention, could be marred by Sanders’ backers booing and heckling her.
“To not be fair during this entire process, it’s kind of shameful”, delegate Sanjay Patel, a Sanders supporter from Brevard County said before she spoke at Florida delegation breakfast.
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“Our objective was to express our feelings that the behavior of Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the Democratic National Committee tipped the scales during the primary”, he said.
