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‘Wasserman Schultz is gone – Bernie Sanders demands DNC chairwoman resign in the wake of email leak and she is relieved off her post

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"ra-share-f"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380808&semi;">Democratic Party machinery  accused of bias during primaries and DNC chairwoman&comma; Debbie Wasserman Schultz&comma;  pays the price<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"ra-share-f"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380808&semi;">Wasserman Schultz steps down after democratic convention&comma; Thursday&comma; to be replaced by former Al Gore campaign manager Donna Brazil<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"ra-share-f"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380808&semi;">Losing Democratic presidential candidate&comma; Bernie Sanders demanded Debbie Wasserman Schultz resign as DNC chairwoman after email leak  <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"ra-share-f"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380808&semi;">Wikileaks just published 20&comma;000 DNC staffer&&num;8217&semi;s email&comma; showing conversations between top members of the party <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"ra-share-f"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380808&semi;">Emails reveal systemic tilt towards sabotaging Sanders&&num;8217&semi; primaries campaign<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module top">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-video">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ndn-widget-embed-1" class&equals;"ndn&lowbar;embed ndn&lowbar;embedContainer ndn-widget-embed-1 ndn&lowbar;widget&lowbar;VideoPlayer-Single ndn&lowbar;embedded">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ndn&lowbar;floatContainer ndn&lowbar;floatContainer&lowbar;disabled">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ndn-widget-embed-1-player" class&equals;"ndn&lowbar;playerContainer ndn&lowbar;floatContainer&lowbar;contents ndn&lowbar;videoPlayer ndn&lowbar;videoPlayer&lowbar;largeView ndn&lowbar;videoPlayer&lowbar;view1198 ndn&lowbar;videoPlayer&lowbar;view1022 ndn&lowbar;videoPlayer&lowbar;view999 ndn&lowbar;videoPlayer&lowbar;view849 ndn&lowbar;videoPlayer&lowbar;view784">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ndn&lowbar;startOverlayContainer ndn&lowbar;playerOverlay">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ndn&lowbar;pauseVideoInfo">&NewLine;<h3><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380808&semi;">Wasserman who called Sander&&num;8217&semi;s aide &&num;8216&semi;an ass&&num;8217&semi;&comma; will not speak &comma; her slot given to Rep&period; Marcia Fudge &lpar;D-Ohio&rpar; or gavel the convention<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380808&semi;">Sen&period; Sanders says he isn&&num;8217&semi;t shocked at the revelations  and <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380808&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;She &lbrack;Wasserman&rsqb;&comma; should resign&comma; period&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ndn&lowbar;infoPanelOverlay">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-51019" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;debbie-wasserman-schultz-and-hillary-clinton&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Hillary Rodham Clinton&comma; Debbie Wasserman Schultz" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"417" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ndn&lowbar;infoPanelOverlay"><strong>Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Hillary Rodham Clinton<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ndn&lowbar;pauseVideoInfo">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ndn&lowbar;infoPanelOverlay">A ton of emails dumped through WikiLeaks depict the Democratic party of trying to sabotage Bernie Sanders’ candidacy&comma; in the afteramath&comma; the Democratic party just announced that Wasserman Schultz will step down as chair of the DNC at the end of the convention on Thursday&period; She will be replaced by party stalwart and former Al Gore campaign manager&comma; Donna Brazil&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The emails seemed to show that the Democratic National Committee hierarchy  openly mocked and criticized Sen&period; Bernie Sanders during the primary race against Hillary Clinton&period; The revelation that raises questions about the Democratic Party’s impartiality and an issue that could play out poorly at the party’s convention this week in Philadelphia&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;WikiLeaks posted close to 20&comma;000 emails and 8&comma;000 attachments Friday sent or received by top Democratic officials that seem to suggest the committee’s chairwoman&comma; Congresswoman  Debbie Wasserman Schultz &lpar;D-Fla&rpar; and other higher ups tried to tip the scales in Secretary Clinton’s favor&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<aside id&equals;"ra-left">&NewLine;<section class&equals;"ra-meta"><&sol;section>&NewLine;<&sol;aside>&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-51017" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;sanders-endorses-clinton1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Democratic U&period;S&period; presidential candidates Clinton and Sanders stand together during a campaign rally in Portsmouth" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"853" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders wave together during a campaign rally where Sanders endorsed Clinton<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Hours after news emerged that Debbie Wasserman Schultz had been stripped of her speaking privileges at the party&&num;8217&semi;s convention in Philadelphia this week&comma; Bernie Sanders on Sunday said that the embattled chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee should face an even tougher fate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I think she should resign&comma; period&comma;&&num;8221&semi;  said Sanders to George Stephanopolus on ABC&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;This Week&period;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;And I think we need a new chair who is going to lead us in a very different direction&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She &&num;8220&semi;should not be chair of the DNC&comma; and I think these emails reiterate that reason why she should not be chair&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the Vermont senator added&comma; referring to a massive email leak that painted a picture of bias against the Democratic Party officials<br &sol;>&NewLine;The fallout was that late Saturday night&comma; news emerged that Wasserman Schultz would not preside over or speak at the DNC convention in Philadelphia this week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-51020" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;dnc-committee-meeting&period;jpg" alt&equals;"dnc committee meeting" width&equals;"750" height&equals;"426" &sol;>Democratic convention could descend into greater chaos than RNC debacle in Cleveland if Wasserman Schultz&comma; is not relieved of her post as head of the party machinery<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Rep&period; Marcia Fudge &lpar;D-Ohio&rpar; was tapped to chair the convention in her place&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Before the leaks&comma; Wasserman Schultz was already the target of intense criticism throughout the Democratic primary process over her decision to limit the number of debates and schedule the few there were&comma; on weekends&comma; and other steps that the campaigns of Martin  O&&num;8217&semi;Malley and Bernie Sanders felt conveyed outright support for candidate Clinton at various points  during the primaries&comma; as a matter of fact&comma;  former Virginia senator&comma; Jim Webb dropped out of the race early and threatened to run as an independent&comma;  frustrated by the antics of the Wasserman Schultz led DNC<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-51029" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;sanders-webb-omalley&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Sanders Webb O'Malley" width&equals;"1676" height&equals;"554" &sol;>Bernie Sanders&comma; Jim Webb&comma; Martin O&&num;8217&semi;Malley&colon; Democratic presidential hopefuls all frozen out by Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Appearing on &&num;8216&semi;Meet the Press&&num;8217&semi; with Chuck Todd&comma; Sunday&comma; Sanders&comma; who headlines the convention opening night&comma; Monday&comma; added that he would have preferred that Secretary Clinton picked a more progressive running mate instead of Virginia Senator&comma; Tim Kaine&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;His political views are not my political views&period; He is more conservative than I am&period; Would I have preferred to see somebody like an Elizabeth Warren selected by Secretary Clinton&quest; Yes&comma; I would have&&num;8221&semi; &period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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