Liberal pundits blame Debbie Wasserman Schultz, not Bernie Sanders, for Democrats’ division

[Uncle Joe]

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Jones went on:

The problem that we have right now is that there has been this concern on the part of Bernie's people that the DNC has been on Hillary's side. ... First of all, Bernie did say, in his statement, that he's against the violence. Also, if you want to talk about violence, only one person's been arrested — it was a Hillary Clinton supporter, Wendell Pierce, arrested for assaulting a Sanders supporter.

So, if you're going to come out and you're going to talk about violence and you're the DNC chair, you have to be fair about it. I don't think she was fair. I think she actually made it worse now. We have to pull these people together. That did not happen.

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MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski went farther than Jones on Wednesday, calling for Wasserman Schultz to resign.

Fellow MSNBC host Chris Hayes, meanwhile, said Tuesday that it's clear that Wasserman Schultz's fingers are on the scale.

“It is clearly the case that when given truth serum, Debbie Wasserman Schultz vastly prefers Hillary Clinton to be the nominee, obviously, and to the extent that there are things that can be done institutionally and marginally to facilitate that outcome, they are being done," Hayes said.

As the Democratic presidential nominating contest drags on — with the Republican race already over — left-leaning pundits are increasingly pinning the blame for disunity on the party boss, instead of the underdog candidate who refuses to drop out. Sanders might be stubborn, but Wasserman Schultz drove him to it by favoring Clinton from the start. Or so the argument goes. And the situation in Nevada seems to have turned up the heat on some long-simmering tensions.

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The left side of the media has been criticizing Wasserman Schultz's handling of the primary process for a while. "Fire Debbie Wasserman Schultz," blared a to-the-point headline on the Huffington Post in December. On the same day, Slate declared that "Debbie Wasserman Schultz is acting just like the villain Bernie Sanders says she is."

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/19/liberal-pundits-blame-debbie-wasserman-schultz-not-bernie-sanders-for-democrats-division/

[Actor]

1. There is no question DWS has made this much nastier than it needed to be.

[CobaltBlue]

2. Uncle Joe—Leaving Debbie Wasserman Schultz in as DNC chair one more day means…

This current Democratic Party is intending on driving out the base—the 18–29 year olds and some in their 30s and true progressives—and, to succeed in doing that, would also means imploding.

[scscholar]

5. But it's risky to replace her

We know about her, and her replacement might be worse.

[CobaltBlue]

7. scscholar—Are you thinking of replacing Debbie Wasserman Schultz with Joe Lieberman?

[dchill]

3. Chris Hayes had better watch it.

[HumanityExperiment]

4. direct from the source...

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[Uncle Joe]

6. "Ouch" is a good word, but between SDs and closed Democratic primaries, I prefer ENTROPY.

Thanks for the addition, HumanityExperiment.

[Segami]

16. And Obama endorsed this tool?....or was DWS's appointment part of Hillary's terms

for lending her support to Obama?

[TimPlo]

19. Proably the latter

I mean if I was going to make another run at the White House I would want my former Campaign manager in charge of the DNC.

[HumanityExperiment]

22. Both...

establishment endorses establishment

[Uncle Joe]

9. I mean seriously Brock!

I feel an overwhelming need to take a shower every time I see his mug on T.V.


Peace to you, carolinayellowdog.

[Uncle Joe]

12. I believe Anita Hill knows as well.

[TimPlo]

20. Yea but think of all those Indian citzens that got to feed their familes

with help of Correct the Record. When looking at Brock have to look at the kernels of corn in the shit so can find something edible.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Tell me more

CNN is stuck on plane down

[myrna minx]

10. K&R

[Rex]

13. She is one of the main culprits. I hope she loses her job since she is not a progressive.

She even admits to it upthread. I've rarely heard such blind arrogance from our side. How crude and ugly AND it will backfire on her and the DNC.

[pacalo]

14. Excellent OP, Uncle Joe!

[Uncle Joe]

15. Thanks and peace to you, pacalo.

[CharlotteVale]

17. K&R

[TimPlo]

21. This is all just part of the plan

To deflect so Biden can swoop in when Clinton has to drop out of the race before the convention. They are going to replace DWS and claim that primaries where a bad situation and we need Biden to take the nomination so they party can heal.

[davidlynch]

23. DWS is definitely making things worse...

She is terrible at her job, because she has almost a sacred responsibility (kind of a fiduciary duty) to remain impartial. In this respect, Reince Priebus is much better because he has bent over backwards to not take sides. In contrast, DWS is dripping with annoyance and sarcasm whenever she has to deal with anything Bernie, and moreover she isn't afraid to stretch the truth if it suits her needs. She reminds me of Condi Rice, her delivery almost suggests that she's adding "fuck you" subliminally to the end of every sentence.