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brooklynite

(94,550 posts)
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:02 PM May 2016

Sanders camp praises RNC chairman for leadership

Politico

According to Bernie Sanders' campaign manager, the Democratic National Committee needs a leader who is willing to unify, one who is willing to bridge divisions and bring people from different parts of the party together. Someone, Weaver suggested Thursday, like Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.

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Weaver dismissed the notion that there are back-channel conversations about replacing her as chairwoman but remarked that, "I think unity in the party is much easier to achieve if we have consensus and a chair who was committed to playing the traditional role that the chairs of parties play."

What Wasserman Schultz did is "really not the role a party chair should traditionally play," he continued. "I mean, if you look at the Republican side, the party chair there has been working day and night to try and you know, keep everybody together and to try unify the party."

"And I think we need a similar effort on the Democratic side," he said.


Wouldn't have been where I would have gone, but.....
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Sanders camp praises RNC chairman for leadership (Original Post) brooklynite May 2016 OP
Tells me all i need to know about Sanders and Weaver. hrmjustin May 2016 #1
... DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #2
This shouldn't shock anyone. barrow-wight May 2016 #3
Well, Reince is a white male. nt LexVegas May 2016 #4
I believe he meant it not literally, but as a solid smack in the face to DWS, showing her to be far JudyM May 2016 #5

JudyM

(29,241 posts)
5. I believe he meant it not literally, but as a solid smack in the face to DWS, showing her to be far
Thu May 26, 2016, 02:00 PM
May 2016

worse for the party than even that dreaded rethug.

It was perfect.

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