Disgraced DNC chairwoman pushed aside
The outgoing Democratic National Committee chairwoman who was booed and heckled yesterday in front of her own delegation won’t leave Philadelphia despite the controversy surrounding her emails about the Bernie Sanders campaign, according to a pundit and friend.
“She’ll be cheering her fellow dems from the sidelines,” tweeted Hilary Rosen, a longtime Democratic strategist and friend of embattled chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “Thank you Debbie for 5 years of hard work.”
Rumors ran rampant that Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman, would leave the DNC after protesters booed her in front of delegates from the Sunshine State.
And though she may not leave the convention, Wasserman Schultz is leaving her post as chairwoman after nearly 20,000 emails were released by WikiLeaks, some of which appear to show that the DNC favored presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton despite promises to stay neutral.
Sanders and his supporters argued throughout the contentious primary season that the party was circling the wagons around Clinton and that he and his voters were being left out due to establishment politics.
A disgraced Wasserman Schultz didn’t even gavel in the convention.
“I have decided that in the interest of making sure that we can start the Democratic convention on a high note that I am not going to gavel in the convention,” she told the Sun-Sentinel, a newspaper in her district.
The DNC released a statement yesterday afternoon apologizing to Sanders and his supporters.
“We are embarking on a convention today that — thanks to the great efforts of Secretary Clinton, her team, Senator Sanders, his team, and the entire Democratic Party — will show a forwardthinking and optimistic vision for America, as compared to the dark and pessimistic view that the GOP presented last week in Cleveland,” the statement read. “Our focus is on electing Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine and Democrats across the country, thanks to the Democratic Party that is strong, unified, and poised for victory in November.”