Instead, he took a shot at Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state, to claim she had compromised national security.
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Wasserman Schultz was under intense pressure to step down over concerns that the email imbroglio could overshadow the convention.
Or even brush fires, as CNN’s Jeff Zeleny put it in describing the potential for Clinton-Sanders tensions during this week’s Democratic National Convention.
And nowhere in the campaign’s messaging is Clinton’s role in pushing for intervention in Libya, her advocacy for arming the Syrian rebels and her work aiding Egypt’s transition from dictatorship to democracy (before it transitioned back).
It also comes after days of Democratic crowing over GOP missteps and divisions at the Republican convention in Cleveland last week.
“You think you know somebody, but you really don’t know their biography, you don’t know what makes them who they are”, she said.
As chair of the Democratic National Committee, mother and member of Congress at the same time, Wasserman Schultz has been a passionate spokesperson for both the party and its causes.
DNC Vice Chair Donna Brazile will temporarily fill the post through the election once Wasserman Schultz steps down.
The Democratic National Convention may be taking place in the City of Brotherly Love, but the nominating summit is anything but a love fest. Ross said he liked what he saw Sunday: a peaceful protest.
And she’ll still be Debbie Wasserperson.
Sanders – who describes himself as a democratic socialist – says Kaine is more conservative than he is. And I am here to say thank you for being who you are.
First lady Michelle Obama and Sanders will headline Monday’s opening night and will be followed later in the week by Bill Clinton, President Obama and Vice President Biden. “No matter how many high-profile surrogates she has, it still comes down to her. She will have to make the case for making someone overcome their doubts and vote for her”.
Wasserman Schultz is not resigning her congressional position and will run for reelection this year.
In this Saturday, July 23, 2016 photo, DNC Chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks during a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a rally at Florida International University Panther Arena in Miami. After she did, he said she made the right decision for the future of the Democratic Party. The Clintons are definitely running a tighter convention here, but, the Sanders people are not that thrilled with her pick for a vice president. “The party leadership must also always remain impartial in the presidential nominating process, something which did not occur in the 2016 race”, he said.
On the heels of a tumultuous Republican convention, Hillary Clinton hopes her gathering in Philadelphia will show off a forward-looking Democratic party united behind her steady leadership.
On the hacked emails, Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, tried to shift blame away from DNC officials to “Russian state actors” who, he said, may have hacked into DNC computers “for the objective of helping Donald Trump”, the Republican presidential nominee. “The other thing is, you don’t say stupid stuff in emails and send it around”. But some of his supporters, feeling he isn’t getting the platform or time he deserves, have said they’re considering action to keep him on the stage longer.
She is also a political strategist and commentator for ABC News and CNN.
Will she need help keeping her convention in order?
Instead, U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D., Ohio) will lead the proceedings.
Sanders is set to address the convention on Monday. No names were mentioned, but Mr Sanders was the only Jewish candidate.
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“I think I read he is an atheist”, Brad Marshall, the DNC’s chief financial officer, wrote in one e-mail. “It might [make] no difference, but for KY and WVA can we get someone to ask his belief”.
