Perez: Democratic Party Unity ‘Is Donald Trump’s Greatest Nightmare’

El exsecretario de Trabajo de Estados Unidos Tom Perez habla durante la sesión general del Comité Nacional Demócrata en Atlanta, el sábado 25 de febrero de 2017, antes de ser elegido como el nuevo presidente naci... El exsecretario de Trabajo de Estados Unidos Tom Perez habla durante la sesión general del Comité Nacional Demócrata en Atlanta, el sábado 25 de febrero de 2017, antes de ser elegido como el nuevo presidente nacional del partido. (AP Foto/Branden Camp) MORE LESS
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Newly minted Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez said Sunday that unity in his party “is Donald Trump’s greatest nightmare.”

President Donald Trump has “governed from the far right in everything he’s done,” Perez told NBC News’ Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press.”

“He hasn’t proposed anything but chaos and carnage,” he said. “We’ve seen no evidence, Chuck, of anything constructive from this President.”

Asked about the future of the Democratic Party, Perez said that it “will be in every zipcode.”

“I heard from rural America that the Democratic Party hasn’t been there for us recently,” Perez said. “We also have to redefine our mission.”

He said that the Democratic party is putting “values into action.”

“Our unity is our greatest strength,” Perez said. “And frankly our unity is Donald Trump’s greatest nightmare.”

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  1. Which is why the Trump-supporting Bernie Bros. have been all over this site since yesterday threatening to “Bern it Down.”

  2. Avatar for darcy darcy says:

    But I thought the Democratic Party already burned it down all by themselves?

  3. Third party voters and people who stayed home in MI, PA and WI gave us Trump.

  4. skeptical…

    ‘I don’t belong to an organized political party… I’m a Democrat’

    ~~~ Will Rogers ~~~

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