The chairwoman of the DNC just bashed MSNBC. What’s going on here?

[TheNutcracker]

By Nia-Malika Henderson February 3 at 11:01 AM

Associated Press photo of Debbie Wasserman Schultz

In this day and age, every elected official should speak and act like every single thing they do and say is being recorded and at some point will become public. And that's especially true if your tenure as the head of an organization has been as rocky as Debbie Wasserman Schultz's at the Democratic National Committee.

A Florida-based political blog, has posted audio of Wasserman Schultz speaking at a recent Jewish Federation event in Miami where she said "Islamic fundamentalists" -- a phrase Republicans have criticized the White House for not utilizing-- and went on to criticize MSNBC, the go-to network for liberals.

“Unfortunately what happens, particularly with the global war on terror and the Islamic fundamentalists that are combating and leading it, we are the crux of the reason that they are engaged in that fight,” Wasserman Schultz said.

Wasserman Schultz went on to knock MSNBC for its coverage of Gaza.

“Clearly they were highlighting what Israel had done to Gaza and the plight of Palestinians,” she said. “And my first thought was, 'Where is the balance, where is the spotlight on what Jewish children in Israel go through from being victims of rocket attacks ... in Southern Israel and the constant needing to flee into a bomb shelter.'”

Will Wasserman Schultz join Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) in publicly criticizing the Obama administration for not talking about "radical Islam," when they talk about terrorism? Probably not.

What we know about politicians is that they say different things in public than they do in private. Call it pandering, call it a public transcript versus a hidden one. It can be damaging -- Mitt Romney and "47 percent," and then-candidate Barack Obama's spiel about clinging to guns and religion. A South Florida Sun Sentinel columnist recently asked, "Could Debbie Wasserman Schultz win a Senate race?" Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) could run for president, which would leave an open seat for 2016. Wasserman Schultz has obviously built her fundraising prowess in her current job, and while she is one of the most liberal Democrats on Florida's bench, that bench is notoriously thin. In other words, Democrats could do worse than her.

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Nia-Malika Henderson is a political reporter for The Fix.

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[ChosenUnWisely]

1. DWS=DINO, That is why

[leveymg]

9. DWS=AIPAC, That is why

She's a Member of Congress, and has to run every two years in a District that has that as a key constituency and outlook on events in the Mideast. This is part of the reason she was selected as DNC Chair, and a large part of the reason she is now criticizing Obama. In that specific, she shares something with the GOP.

[ChosenUnWisely]

19. Yup she is such a good chair that she over saw Democratic Losses

F Her, DWS and her ILK, the corporate crowd, they all are the single biggest problem with the DNC Today.

[leveymg]

20. To be fair, she's not the first failed DNC/DCCC Chair with the same liabilities.

I do wish the party moguls would widen the job search.

[KamaAina]

2. Tulsi did that?!

Will Wasserman Schultz join Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) in publicly criticizing the Obama administration for not talking about "radical Islam," when they talk about terrorism?

I've never been quite sure about her. That sounds like something her dad Mike would say. He is a vicious homophobe who flipped from R to D while a state senator. The Dems actually caucused to decide if they wanted him!

[RandiFan1290]

3. lol

[TheNutcracker]

4. She's in a tough spot.

Maybe we should help her out?

[tridim]

8. She just sucks.

She's not even close to the right person for the job.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Politician waves flag, warns about bogeymen, blames the press. Water is wet.

[kydo]

6. Well, MSNBC isn't exactly a liberal media org

MSNBC does have some progressive, liberal programing. But it also has lots of right winged faux type programing. And then there's the lock up.

However for DWS to say what she did was more the kettle calling the pot black. She ain't exactly getting the progressive/liberal message out the way we it should be.

They are both part of the problem.

[Enrique]

7. DWS terrible, but this article is pretty bad too

it's stretching to make these comments into a scandal. Her comments are lame, but they are not damaging to her. I could easily see her making the same comments on TV, even on MSNBC itself.

[Fred Sanders]

10. Defending Jewish children scrambling over unguided rocket attacks versus Muslim children dying

by the hundreds under precision guided weaponry, jet launched missiles and artillery....there is plenty of selective outrage going on.

Gaza kids dead 500, Israel kids dead 0.

She is right, "....where is the balance?"

[Bad Granny]

11. Are you talking about the Likund rep from Israel? That POS is NOT a democrat by any definition.

Not when she worked against Democratic candidates and with the enemies in the GOP from Florida.

But what do you expect from a DLCer?

[SamKnause]

12. The MSM sucks and that includes MSNBC,

so I can't fault her for that.

As chairwoman of the DNC she sucks.

Her opinion of Israel is one sided.

AIPAC sucks.

I wish all of our politicians that love Israel would move there.

We have enough lying assholes in our government.

We don't need more lying assholes that are more concerned with Israel than they are with the needs and concerns of the U.S.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Everybody sucks, except me and you...

...and I'm not so sure about you.

[SamKnause]

15. Those are your words not mine.

Do you think MSNBC tells the truth ?

Do you think Morning Joe is liberal and tells the truth ?

Do you think AIPAC members tell the truth about Israel ?

Do you think Debbie Wasserman Schultz tells the truth ?

I have watched her tell lies on Real Time.

Do you think she did a good job in 2014 ?

Alan Grayson tells the truth.

Bernie Sanders tells the truth.

Elizabeth Warren tells the truth.

Why the insult ?

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Just yankin' your chain, no harm intended.

Really.

[SamKnause]

17. No problem.

You and yours have a safe and pleasant evening.

[QC]

14. Most conservatives despise MSNBC.

No surprise here.

[brooklynite]

18. Plenty of DU members bash MSNBC...what's the difference?

[bklyncowgirl]

21. She's a politician. She was telling that particular group what they wanted to hear.

I don't like it and I'm not a great fan of hers, but that's pretty much the bottom line.

[TheNutcracker]

22. Though this is more like what Little Debbie actually does....