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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 25 2016, @02:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 25 2016, @02:22PM (#379819)

    Reforms don't mean anything as long as you continue to elect the same power structure. You are just falling for their feel good attempt at making you think it was always supposed to be that same candidate.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 25 2016, @03:46PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 25 2016, @03:46PM (#379859)

    Electing protest candidates who have no follow-through is the ultimate ineffective feel-good move.

    Changes happens through dedication and hard-work. If you think you can one-and-done it, you are just an unwitting tool of the powerful.

    Sanders knows that. That's why he held out on endorsing Clinton in order to push through reforms in the party platform instead of just throwing a tantrum and trying to blow up the party like way too many fair-weather berniebros want him to.