Democrats May Dump Debbie Wasserman Schultz as DNC Chair

Natalie Myers

10 years ago

The Hill, citing an anonymous source within the U&period;S&period; Senate, reported that at least a dozen officials within the Democratic party are discussing replacing Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chair of the Democratic National Committee&period; Sources claim that her leadership will hurt efforts to unite the party leading up the general election in November&period;&NewLine;&ldquo&semi;There have been a lot of meetings over the past 48 hours about what color plate do we deliver Debbie Wasserman Schultz&rsquo&semi;s head on,&rdquo&semi; a source within the Democratic party told The Hill&period;&NewLine;Wasserman Schultz was previously the co-chair of Hillary Clinton&rsquo&semi;s 2008 presidential campaign&period; Bernie Sanders&rsquo&semi; supporters have accused her of rigging the Democratic election process to favor Clinton&period; In December, Wasserman Schultz was the brains behind the decision to strip Sanders&rsquo&semi; campaign of access to the DNC&rsquo&semi;s 50-state voter file&period; Doing so severely impacted Sanders&rsquo&semi; operations with less than a month to go before the Iowa caucuses&period; After facing intense criticism from Sanders&rsquo&semi; supporters, she was forced to reverse the decision within just 24 hours&period;&NewLine;Wasserman Schultz is fighting Tim Canova, a law professor, who is after her position and has been endorsed by Bernie Sanders&period; Sanders even promised that if elected, he would remove Wasserman Schultz&period;&NewLine;Because of the tension between Wasserman Schultz and Sanders&rsquo&semi; supporters, one source within the U&period;S&period; Senate argued, &ldquo&semi;There&rsquo&semi;s a strong sentiment that the current situation is untenable and can only be fixed by her leaving&period; There&rsquo&semi;s too much water under the bridge for her to be a neutral arbiter&period;&rdquo&semi;&NewLine;For now, Wasserman Schultz has not indicated that she would resign from her position&period; It is expected that her replacement would not be decided on until closer to the general election, when Sanders and Clinton plan to meet to discuss uniting the party&period;&NewLine;