Title seems incorrect. He's not endorsing him to be chair of the DNC.
Clearly, I favor her opponent," Sanders told CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview scheduled to run on Sunday's "State of the Union" broadcast. "His views are much closer to mine than as to Wasserman Schultz's. Let me also say this, in all due respect to the current chairperson: If [I am] elected president, she would not be re-appointed chairwoman of the DNC
"His views are much closer to mine than as to Wasserman Schultz's. Let me also say this, in all due respect to the current chairperson: If [I am] elected president, she would not be re-appointed chairwoman of the DNC."
He's endorsing him in the house race against DWS, changed the title to reflect that.
Finally Sanders does something I can support.
Ah, okay. So to be chairperson of the DNC do you have to be an active member (IE: an active elected official)?
damn shame
Huh? That in of itself isn't a problem.
It's better to have a non-elected official like Reince Priebus. Being a representative is a demanding job by itself.damn shame
Colonel Sanders is so salty.
It's better to have a non-elected official like Reince Priebus. Being a representative is a demanding job by itself.
It is down-ticket support.That down ticket support
It is down-ticket support.
I don't think so, there are members of the DNC which are not members of congress.Ah, okay. So to be chairperson of the DNC do you have to be an active member (IE: an active elected official)?
Not that I have any particular love for DWS, but continuing to openly pick fights with the DNC does not bode well for his whole "convince the superdelegates to give me the nomination, for some reason" strategy.
I don't think so, there are members of the DNC which are not members of congress.
Also it's worth noting that Bernie said - "If [I am] elected president, she would not be re-appointed chairwoman of the DNC."
And yeah, that's not how it works, the president don't get to appoint the chair of the DNC, the DNC does.
The purity purges begin.
Yup. Bernie showing that it isn't his movement that is toxic. HE is the toxic one.
Yup. Bernie showing that it isn't his movement that is toxic. HE is the toxic one.
Knocking DWS out of the House isn't going to make her not in charge of the DNC. At least I don't think so.
Meh, I support this. She's terrible.
She's not the best at her job as DNC Head and I bet she won't be around for much longer in that position but as a congressmember, she is well liked in her area and does a good job. Why would you want her gone?
No shit.
Also, I dislike Schultz but his stance here seems like a tantrum, or a threat.
I mean, I get that they have bad blood... But this is the chairperson of the same party you're currently trying to convince to give you their superdelegates.
Brilliant strategy, along with the almost daily condemnation of the DNC.
Why should anyone at the DNC care what a member by convenience thinks?
HIllary Clinton won Wasserman Schultz's district by nearly 40 points in the Florida primary and the upcoming redrawn district by slightly more than that.
All Sanders is doing now is burning bridges as his support in this particular district is not going to help anyone. It is an older district full of hard Ds who actually like both Clinton and Wasserman Schultz.
Once again showing that he's all about purity testing those on the same ideological side of the partisan divide more than effecting any real change. Barney Frank's 1991 description of Bernie Sanders rings more true every day.
He should have thought it through. Party lines are childishly tribalistic, so even if DWS is incompetent and pretty bad in the eyes of her critics, she will get a defense force.
It's a shame that she might keep the seat, she is not a good person.