Bernie Sanders Campaign CHALLENGES Frank and Malloy Roles at Democratic Convention

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PRESS RELEASE


Sanders Campaign Challenges Frank and Malloy Roles at Democratic Convention



MAY 28, 2016



WASHINGTON – In a formal credentials challenge, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign on Friday asked for the ouster of two “aggressive attack surrogates” for Hillary Clinton from key Democratic National Convention committees.

The campaign called for the removal of Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy as a co-chairman of the Platform Committee and former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank as head of the Rules Committee.

“Governor Malloy and Mr. Frank have both been aggressive attack surrogates for the Clinton campaign,” Sanders campaign counsel Brad Deutsch wrote in a letter to the party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee. “Their criticisms of Sen. Sanders have gone beyond dispassionate ideological disagreement and have exposed a deeper professional, political and personal hostility toward the senator and his campaign.

“The chairs therefore cannot be relied upon to perform their convention duties fairly and capably while laboring under such deeply held bias. The appointment of two individuals so outspokenly critical of Sen. Sanders, and so closely affiliated with Secretary Clinton’s campaign, raises concerns that two of the three Convention Standing Committees are being constituted in an overtly partisan way designed to exclude meaningful input from supporters of Sen. Sanders’ candidacy.”

Under party rules, Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz recommended 25 at-large appointments to the party’s executive committee for each of the three standing committees: rules, platform and credentials.

To read the letter, click here.





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1. Get rid of Bankster Barney,....another Hillary hack.

[JoePhilly]

2. Didn't the DNC already tell Bernie "No" on this silly request?

[annavictorious]

3. Sanders has long over stayed his welcome

in the party he joined in order to exploit its resources.

[okasha]

4. Sanders attempt to INTERFERE with Party ELECTION

SLAPPED DOWN.

[Trust Buster]

5. This guy isn't even a Democrat nor the nominee yet he thinks he runs the show. He should be

ignored in my opinion.

[99th_Monkey]

7. Ignoring Sanders is ignoring reality. nt

[NanceGreggs]

6. Bernie complaining yet again?

What a shocker!

[SFnomad]

8. I guess the OPer hadn't heard that BS was smacked down on this request n/t

[restorefreedom]

9. bern the corrupt infrastructure down and start over. clean out the cronies

and get some real progressive in

sounds like a plan to me

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10. The challenge has been rejected

“Having carefully reviewed your challenge, we find that it fails to meet the criteria for the foregoing reasons and pursuant to the Regulations and Bylaws Committee for the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Reg. 3.4(G)(i) we are compelled to dismiss it,” they wrote in a reply to Deutsch.