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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  1. Folks…this is serious stuff…we could end up with a Trump Presidency…weird especially since this
    is supposedly a more progressive electorate

  2. Why wait until after the convention? Everyone, including the outgoing chair, is dedicated to winning the election. The faster the change, the less opportunity for the GOP to plant a wedge that attracts Sanders supporters.

  3. Avatar for trnc trnc says:

    Anyone know why Brad Marshall remains in the DNC, considering he’s the one who wrote the email that has forced out DWS?

  4. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    Here’s a deeper dive into the email hack itself
    and some likelihoods as to how they made their way to Wikileaks–

    From NYTimes:

    jw1

  5. The Russians aren’t stupid. Why would they make a traceable mistake?
    One possible explanation is that Putin doesn’t give a fuck. He sees a chance of helping Trump getting elected, while without his help Trump will be toast.

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