Democrats said they wanted to convey a message of optimism and improving the lives of all Americans.
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The emails reveal attempts to sideline Bernie Sanders in the primaries and have now led to the resignation of DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.
Burk conceded there is little chance of stopping Clinton from getting the nomination. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
WikiLeaks didn’t disclose how it obtained the emails.
Democrats also will adopt its platform, which lays out policy principles but has no binding effect.
“The DNC did something incredibly inappropriate here” and needed to acknowledge that, Rendell said. He says Republicans tolerating Donald Trump will look back and be ashamed.
“The Democrats are in a total meltdown”, Trump taunted on Twitter. He referred to a “rigged system” that pushed Clinton over the top. “There wasn’t any other outcome that was foreseeable”. In other words, don’t expect him to pull a Ted Cruz on the convention stage Monday night.
In a statement, Sanders said that Wasserman Schultz had made “the right decision” but repeated his criticism of the party for what he describes as the DNC putting its thumb on the scale during the primary contest.
“I feel Bernie Sanders would be a much stronger candidate in the election against Donald Trump than Hillary would be”, Berner said.
Clinton insisted to CBS’s Scott Pelley in the segment, which did not air but was published on the network’s website, that she “doesn’t know anything” about the leaked emails and has not read them, but such an email would be “absolutely wrong and unacceptable”.
Sanders pressed for Wasserman Schultz to quit as chairwoman immediately.
Wasserman Schultz will not speak at the Democratic National Convention nor will she open or close the event, the New York Times reported.
DNC Vice Chairwoman Donna Brazile will serve as interim chair through the election, it was announced Sunday.
Rice said she knows there are a list of things people say about Clinton that stem from things like her private email server use to her handling of the 2012 Benghazi attack, but it doesn’t concern her. But party leaders are now urging the Florida congresswoman to vacate her position as head of the party entirely in the wake of leaked emails suggesting the DNC favored Clinton during the primary and tried to take down Sanders by questioning his religion.
Democratic convention officials and the Clinton campaign would not say whether Wasserman Schultz would have a speaking role at all or whether she will call the convention to order today, as she did at the 2012 convention.
Steven Rosenfeld covers national political issues for AlterNet, including America’s retirement crisis, democracy and voting rights, and campaigns and elections.
The emails angered many Sanders supporters who were already dismayed by Clinton’s choice on Friday of low-key US Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia as her vice presidential running mate. It shouldn’t be surprising the Wasserman Schultz continued to support Hillary Clinton during her second campaign. At the time, a Wasserman Schultz spokesperson called the assertion a “bald-faced lie”. Her fundraising and organizing skills were matched only by her passion, her commitment and her warmth. “As far as I’m concerned, she’s good and tough”, Johnson said.
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Wasserman Schultz “was never going to be the permanent chairman of the convention”, Frank said Sunday in an interview.
