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posted by cmn32480 on Monday July 25 2016, @06:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the another-election-season-trainwreck dept.

Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has announced she will resign as chair of the Democratic National Committee. The resignation is to become effective after the party's convention. The organisation's e-mail system was hacked; leaked e-mails appear to confirm accusations that Wasserman-Schultz had taken action favouring Hillary Clinton in her contest against Bernie Sanders to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. Sanders had previously called for Wasserman-Schultz to resign, a request he reiterated in light of the leak.

Wasserman-Schultz said in a statement:

I know that electing Hillary Clinton as our next president is critical for America's future. I look forward to serving as a surrogate for her campaign in Florida and across the country to ensure her victory.

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  • (Score: 2) by hoeferbe on Monday July 25 2016, @12:12PM

    by hoeferbe (4715) on Monday July 25 2016, @12:12PM (#379762)
    hemocyanin (186) [soylentnews.org] wrote [soylentnews.org]:

    Without the leaks, DWS would have done her HRC work all through the convention and on prime time which would help her get votes in her primary race.

    The summary stated that DWS's resignation is to become effective after the party's convention.  Reading The New York Times article, it seems that DWS is going to try to stay hidden at the convention so as not to rile up Sanders supporters... so I'm not sure how she will continue her duties throughout the convention while still remaining in the shadows.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Francis on Monday July 25 2016, @02:21PM

    by Francis (5544) on Monday July 25 2016, @02:21PM (#379818)

    Whether she goes right now or after the convention doesn't really matter. The damage has already been done. She was able to manipulate the results up to this point and stack the committee dealing with the party platform with non-democrats pushing for GOP positions.

    The classy thing would have been for her to step down months ago when it became obvious to anybody that wasn't a fucking moron that she was engineering a win for Clinton rather than trying to remain impartial.