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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:37 PM May 2016

Liberal pundits blame Debbie Wasserman Schultz, not Bernie Sanders, for Democrats’ division

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/19/liberal-pundits-blame-debbie-wasserman-schultz-not-bernie-sanders-for-democrats-division/

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Bernie Sanders added fuel to the fire that raged at last weekend’s chaotic Democratic convention in Nevada, criticizing him for choosing to denounce party leaders before condemning violence in a written statement.

[Here’s what happened at Saturday’s dramatic Nevada Democratic convention]

Liberal CNN commentator Van Jones sees things very differently.

“She says that Bernie's adding fuel to the fire? She just added fuel to the fire,” Jones said Tuesday, shortly after Wasserman Schultz said in an interview that Sanders's response to reports of a scuffle and threatening behavior by some of his supporters was "anything but acceptable."

Jones went on:


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Liberal pundits blame Debbie Wasserman Schultz, not Bernie Sanders, for Democrats’ division (Original Post) LiberalElite May 2016 OP
Yo, Debbie-- let's see proof of the "violence" at the convention Art_from_Ark May 2016 #1
Jones sure is not a DWS fan is he? Wellstone ruled May 2016 #2

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
1. Yo, Debbie-- let's see proof of the "violence" at the convention
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:51 PM
May 2016

There were hundreds of people there, and nearly every one of them had their own mini video camera. Surely if there had been violence, people would have been filming it and plastering their videos all over social media.

And no, clips from professional wrestling matches DON'T count.

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