Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned effective at the end of the convention over the email flap.
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The Democratic National Committee formally offered “a deep and honest apology to Senator Sanders, his supporters, and the entire Democratic Party for the inexcusable remarks made over email” and said it would take action to ensure it never happens again.
Her opponent in Florida’s August 30 congressional primary is Tim Canova, a Nova Southeastern University law professor who tweeted Monday that “DWS must be defeated in this election and removed from Congress”.
“It is so wonderful to be able to be here with my home state”, Wasserman Schultz said, as a cascade of boos and heckling began. The audience, composed largely of Bernie Sanders supporters, continued to express their despondence.
Canova calls Wasserman Schultz a politician who bends to the interests of big donors and no longer votes as a progressive.
“Senators Sanders will remind us of what is at stake in this election”, said Cook County commissioner and sanders delegate Chuy Garcia.
The controversy over the emails has been an embarrassing prelude to the convention, which Democratic officials had hoped would convey no-drama competence in contrast to the volatile campaign of Mr Trump.
That wish was granted after she was booed and heckled by her fellow Floridians.
Earlier in the day, Sanders drew jeers from his supporters when he urged his delegates to back the White House bid of his formal rival, Clinton. The congresswoman tried to put a fearless face on the intense interest surrounding her decision to resign as party chair, reportedly under pressure.
“They throw “party unity” around as if we’re supposed to jump for joy when they mention her name”, said Manuel Zapata, a Sanders delegate from California, referring to Clinton.
“On behalf of everyone at the DNC, we want to offer a deep and honest apology to Senator Sanders, his supporters, and the entire Democratic Party for the inexcusable remarks made over email”.
Tally says he’ll vote for Clinton because he thinks Republican nominee Donald Trump is risky.
And while he was speaking, Wasserman Schultz announced she would not gavel in the convention, an embarrassing acknowledgment that her presence onstage would only showcase deep party divisions. But during a delegation breakfast Monday in Philadelphia, she could hardly get a word in edgewise.
“I think you’re going to see a lot of that kind of thing where the two sides are working together to come to a way of making this party stronger”, Peter D’Allessandro, Sanders’ Indiana campaign manager, said at a meeting of Indiana delegates Monday morning.
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“We know Debbie. No one has been more of a fighter and a champion for our values than Debbie Wasserman Schultz”. “Florida loves to be the center of attention, regardless of the context”.
