And, because Wasserman Schultz apparently let her support of Democrat Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonDefending Debbie Wasserman Schultz Poll: Clinton’s VP pick gets slightly positive reviews Podesta: “We need to move on and consolidate around Hillary” MORE get in the way of Bernie Sanders, the Independent Socialist.
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She faced more blowback during the 2016 primary cycle, especially from supporters of Sanders who saw decisions like her insistence on a small number of debates at low viewership times as an effort to stack the deck in favor of Hillary Clinton.
Clinton emailed supporters and said that Schultz would join the campaign as “honorary chair” of the 50-state program to ensure Democrats win elections nationwide. Wasserman Schultz will continue to serve as a Clinton surrogate.
“This election and every election is about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four or eight years of their lives, ” Mrs. Obama said on the opening night of the Democratic convention. Her role in the convention itself has also been significantly scaled back.
“I can’t say what is going to definitely happen; there is just a general feeling of unease and unhappiness and distrust”, said Maggie Kain, a Sanders delegate from Rhode Island. Her supporters shouted them down, as Wasserman Schultz appealed for civility. The emails confirmed a widespread suspicion that it is anything but. “There is only one person I trust with that responsibility, only one person I believe is truly qualified to be president of the United States, and that is Hillary Clinton”. One communications aide wonders: “if there’s a good Bernie narrative for a story, which is that Bernie never ever had his act together, that his campaign was a mess”.
“My campaign election lawyers are investigating these circumstances and preparing a complaint against Wasserman Schultz with the Federal Election Commission”, Canova said.
Surrounded by police officers, reporters and the pulsating crowd, Wasserman Schultz plowed through, raising her voice behind the microphone to try to be heard over the din. CNN and Brazile mutually agreed to suspend her contract as a political commentator for the network after the announcement was made on Sunday.
President Barack Obama said in a statement that he called Wasserman Schultz on Sunday and thanked her for “having my back”. He acknowledged her primary race will be hard, but that doesn’t mean the party’s campaign arm will help. “Her critical role in supporting our economic recovery, our fights for social and civil justice and providing health care for all Americans will be a hallmark of her tenure as Party Chair”.
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If only Wasserman Schultz was as popular as McKinnon’s impression of her. Of course, unless the DNC steers directly into a glacier, it should still prove less disastrous than that dog and donkey show masquerading as the Republican National Convention. “It gives us a black eye if we don’t control our emotions”.
