Donna Brazile To Serve As DNC Chief Through The Election

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Donna Brazile will serve as interim chair of the Democratic National Committee through the November election when Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) steps down from her role after the party’s convention.

Wasserman-Schultz said she would resign after it was revealed that staff members at the DNC criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) presidential campaign.

Brazile, currently a vice chair at the DNC, will suspend her contract as a CNN contributor to take on the role as DNC chief.

Before the news broke on Sunday that Wasserman-Schultz would step down, Brazile criticized the leaked DNC emails during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”

“I went over yesterday to see the Sanders campaign, and I apologized. I think, the allegations, the e-mails, the insensitivity, the stupidity needs to be addressed,” she said.

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