A spokesperson for the Democratic party said the decision to revoke Wasserman Schultz’s major speaking role is an effort to “keep the peace” in the party while tensions are high, CNN reports.
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Democratic National Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Sunday afternoon that she would quit as head of the party this week, after leaked emails appeared to show bias against Bernie Sanders during his primary challenge to Hillary Clinton. She should go, he said, “not only because of the prejudice I think [the DNC] showed during the campaign but also because I think we need new leadership that will open up that party” to working people, young people and “have the kind of vitality we need”. And he said, ‘I don’t like her chances.’ So, whoever else is going to be fired, essentially Debbie Wasserman Schultz has already functionally been fired and soon will be …
House Democratic campaign chief Ben Ray Luján confirmed Monday that providing funding for outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her looming Florida primary won’t be a priority.
Wasserman Schultz acknowledged the protesters in her speech.
There has been accusations of favoritism within the DNC for about a year with the calls for Wasserman Schultz’s resignation becoming louder in recent months.
Mrs Clinton’s campaign received a boost on Sunday with the announcement that Michael Bloomberg, who was elected NY mayor as a Republican, will speak to endorse her this week.
“I stand with my Democratic family in making sure we win this fall”, said Maine lawmaker Diane Russell, a Sanders supporter.
Fealk said he viewed the emergence of hacked DNC emails, which suggested favoritism of Clinton, as a revelation and evidence of the party’s disrespect for progressives.
In a statement released by Clinton, the former secretary of state revealed that Wasserman Schultz would join her campaign as honorary chairman.
But disgruntled Democrats and supporters of Sanders claimed that was not sufficient and demanded both that she hand over the reigns of the convention and that other DNC staffers are held accountable.
“That’s how angry we are”, one woman wearing a “Thank You Bernie” shirt argued pointedly at a Clinton supporter.
Blowback to the emails came from all corners of the political world Sunday – including Clinton supporters and Donald Trump. It remains to be seen now if the Sanders camp will still want to honor this agreement after the email outrage. “The Florida that we know is united”.
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At worst, it could lead to unrest among Sanders delegates at the convention itself, even though Sanders himself is now publicly supporting Clinton. “We united on our platform”, Buckley said.
