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Out of favor DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz gets booed by her home crowd, DNC apologizes to Sanders and his supporters – Florida delegation shun their congresswoman who is fighting to retain her speaking role at the Democratic convention

&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><h6 class&equals;"ra-caption">Ousted chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz catches an earful at a Florida delegation breakfast&period;<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380707&semi;">DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz <strong> announced Sunday she&&num;8217&semi;ll be stepping down by the end of the week&comma; all the while manouvering to retain speaking slot and gaveling at <&sol;strong>Democratic National Convention<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380707&semi;"><strong>She&&num;8217&semi;s booed Monday at breakfast with her home constituency&comma;  <&sol;strong>by <strong>pro-Sanders activists at Florida delegation ran her off the stage<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"articleWide cleared">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"alpha">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"js-article-text" class&equals;"article-text wide">&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380707&semi;">By mid-day Schultz is bumped from gaveling function at Convention <&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380707&semi;">DNC chair&&num;8217&semi;s fall from grace hastened by e<strong>mails  revealing staff members discussing efforts to undermine Sanders campaign <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;380707&semi;"><strong>Bernie and his supporters long believed she was compromised and tipped the scale to favor Sec Clinton during her tenure as DNC chair&comma; the emails provide smoking gun<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-51221" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;wasserman-schultz5&period;png" alt&equals;"wasserman schultz5&period;png" width&equals;"899" height&equals;"586" &sol;><strong>Debbie Wasserman Schultz &&num;8211&semi; Ousted&comma; accused of ham fisted bias<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The Democratic National Committee apologized on Monday to Bernie Sanders for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;inexcusable remarks” made about him by top DNC staffers as revealed in hacked emails&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;On behalf of everyone at the DNC&comma; we want to offer a deep and sincere apology to Senator Sanders&comma; his supporters&comma; and the entire Democratic Party for the inexcusable remarks made over email&comma;” reads a statement released by the party late Monday afternoon&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;These comments do not reflect the values of the DNC or our steadfast commitment to neutrality during the nominating process&period; The DNC does not — and will not — tolerate disrespectful language exhibited toward our candidates&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Individual staffers have also rightfully apologized for their comments&comma; and the DNC is taking appropriate action to ensure it never happens again&comma;” says the statement issued by interim DNC chair Donna Brazile and her board&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanshile DNC Chair &comma; Debbie Wasserman Schultz&comma; who announced Sunday that she would resign after the four-day convention&comma; facwd a hissing and booing onslaught this morning from her home delegation at a breakfast meeting&period; She has also been relieved of her gaveling functions and and speaking slot at the convention&comma; in a tidal wave of change at the top&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-51219" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;donna-brazile1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"donna brazile1&period;jpg" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Donna Brazile &&num;8211&semi; Veteran drafted in to steer careening DNC ship through November&&num;8217&semi;s elections<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The Bernie Sanders campaign along with his supporters all along believed the desired neutrality from Democratic National Committee &lpar;DNC&rpar; Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz  and her staff  was compromised&period;  Ths Sanders camp&comma; and for that matter&comma; the Webb and O&&num;8217&semi;Malley campaigns also protested that the DNC secretariat operations was designed from the get go to tip the scale to favor Sec Clinton&period; The seething Sanders havie been chafing at the bit of open revolt gainst the DNC&comma; specifically demanding the the resignation of Wasserman Schultz&period; The weekend email dump by wikileaks just provided the smoking gun&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After  announcing her resignation last night&comma; which is scheduled to take effect Friday&comma;  the out-of-favor Democratic National Committee &lpar;DNC&rpar; Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was repeatedly interrupted and booed Monday as she sought to speak to Florida&&num;8217&semi;s convention delegation earlieron today<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a head scratching move designed to boost her own cogressional campaign&comma; Schultz tested her poll ratings as had to strain her voice to yell over the flurry of protestors who showed up to interrupt her speech&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"ANR1IpjzOpY" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;ANR1IpjzOpY" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;ANR1IpjzOpY&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;ANR1IpjzOpY&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz &lpar;D-Fla&period;&rpar; got a round of hearty boos Monday morning as she spoke to her home-state delegation&&num;8217&semi;s breakfast following her decision to resign from the DNC after hacked emails suggested a bias from her and others in the organization against Bernie Sanders during Democrats&&num;8217&semi; heated primary&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The congresswoman from Florida got the chop after leaked emails showed a systemic operation by top members of the DNC secretariat to boost Hillary Clinton&&num;8217&semi;s presidential primary bid&comma; while sabotaging the efforts of the other candidates&period;  After initial chants of &&num;8220&semi;Debbie&comma; Debbie&&num;8221&semi; from her home-state loyalists&comma; Wasserman Schultz was met with a chorus of boos from pro-Sanders activists crashing the party&comma; who waved &&num;8220&semi;e-mails&&num;8221&semi; signs&comma; seemingly  attacking not just the chairwoman but the presumptive nominee&comma; as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-51211" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;wasserman-booed-in-philly3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"wasserman booed in philly3&period;jpg" width&equals;"820" height&equals;"458" &sol;><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption">Debbie Wasserman Schultz is drowned out at breakfast meeting with Florida delegation<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Try as she could&comma; the lameduck chair could not bring the proceedings to order&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Settle down&comma; everybody&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she attempted as the meeting got underway&period; When that wasn&&num;8217&semi;t enough&comma; another woman attempted to gavel them down&comma; but the boos continued&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I can see other’s a little bit of interest in my being here and I appreciate that interest&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the chairwoman said said to no avail&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-gallery-wrapper"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-51213" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;bernie-hillary-martin1&period;png" alt&equals;"bernie hillary martin1&period;png" width&equals;"1152" height&equals;"741" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-gallery-wrapper"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-gallery-wrapper"><strong>Bernie Sanders&comma; Hillary Clinton&comma; Martin O&&num;8217&semi;Malley&colon; The DNC chair was accused of keeping her candidacy front and center to the disadvantage of the rest of the field&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-gallery-wrapper">Admonishing the gathered delegates only made matters worse&comma;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The voices in this room that are standing up and being disruptive&comma; we know that that’s not the Florida we know&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The rancor from the role Wasserman schultz played in undermining the field of competitors to Secretary Clinton during the primaries&comma; threatens to overshadow the crux of the party&&num;8217&semi;s event in sweltering Philadelphia&comma; the affirmation of the democratic nominee for the 2016 presidential elections&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Karma or sheer bad timing&quest; This embarassing state of affairs  is&comma; happening as Democrats convene for the first day of their national convention in Philadelphia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-51214" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;protests-in-philly1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"protests in philly1" width&equals;"712" height&equals;"472" &sol;><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><strong>Protesters outside the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia protest the contents of the leaked emails of DNC staffers<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Wasserman Schultz is still wrangling to retain her speakeing slot at the full convention on opening day&comma; but if the hostile reception she received this morning is anything to go by&comma; she may be out of steam trying to may be enough to persuade Democrats  her addressing convention goers willbe a good idea&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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