PHILADELPHIA — Under fire for emails showing rancor between the Democratic National Committee and the Bernie Sanders campaign, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is stepping down as party chairwoman, but will join Hillary Clinton’s campaign in a senior role. Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday afternoon that she would step down at the end of the week, when the…
CLEVELAND — Democrats bluntly blamed Republican nominee Donald Trump for what they depicted as burgeoning anti-Semitism in the party. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, on Wednesday said the Republican convention had brought to the fore an “anti-Semitic environment that Donald Trump embraces.” “The anti-Semitism that is threaded throughout…
Democratic National Committee chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz strongly denounced Donald Trump Monday in a live interview mere feet from the GOP convention stage as “the most divisive, bigoted, unprepared, unqualified major-party candidate that has ever run.” Wasserman Schultz, who is in charge of her party’s convention next week, added that while it will showcase…
Jewish Democrats slammed former Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio for reversing course Wednesday and announcing that he will run for another term in Washington. Democratic National Committee chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who announced in March that she would not be running for the Senate seat, slammed Rubio’s decision to run for re-election in…
In a career full of achievement — a seat in the House of Representatives, chair of the Democratic National Committee and captain of the House women’s softball team — Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz hit yet another milestone recently: She became a Saturday Night Live punch line, and in the season finale’s much-lauded cold open, no…
Top Democrats are considering removing Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Congresswoman from south Florida, from her post — much to the delight of Bernie Sanders supporters. Many see Wasserman Schultz as a figurehead of the party establishment that is nakedly stacking the deck in favor of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries….
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Feeling the heat over her clashes with Bernie Sanders, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is at the center of a debate among Democratic lawmakers over whether to push for her ouster as party chair. The Hill Tuesday that about 12 senators have been discussing what to do about Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman and one of the most prominent…
Two of the most prominent Jewish Democrats are engaged in an ugly battle, which is playing out on national TV, at party headquarters, and on the battlefield of a Florida congressional district. Bernie Sanders, the progressive presidential candidate and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, are locked in a bitter dispute. The…
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