“Now Hillary Clinton should follow Wasserman Schultz’s lead and drop out over her failure to safeguard top secret, classified information both on her unauthorised home server and while traveling overseas”.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic Party’s governing organization, was booed off stage while speaking at the Florida delegation breakfast before delegates headed to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia. Bernie Sanders politically during the primaries.
The announcement came after the disclosure Friday by WikiLeaks of internal party emails that added new fuel to criticism that Wasserman Schultz aided ultimate nominee Hillary Clinton in the presidential primaries against U.S. Sen.
The Democratic National Committee offered its “deep and honest apology” to Sanders, his supporters and the entire party for what it calls “the inexcusable remarks made over email”. “His views are much closer to mine than as to Wasserman Schultz’s”.
Schultz has been ousted from her convention role and announced she will step down effective Friday as the chair of the Democratic National Committee.
“I told you long time ago that the DNC was not running a fair operation, that they were supporting Secretary Clinton”, Sanders said on ABC’s “This Week”. These recently leaked emails are providing political gold for both Republicans and Democrats running against Wasserman Schultz.
Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman says she won’t gavel her party’s national convention to order on Monday afternoon.
“So I can see there’s a little bit of interest in my being here”, Wasserman Schultz said over jeers and cheers.
But the tumultuous day raised questions about whether Sanders supporters would unify behind Clinton, and Republicans sought to play up that discord. Bernie Sanders and his supporters.
“It really is, it has got to be all about Hillary”, Scarborough said.
Wasserman Schultz said her resignation would take effect after the convention.
“I think she has served this party well for five years. I’m mad at Washington, but that doesn’t mean you have to elect a insane person”, Dean said.
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“She has to land on the sword”, he said.
