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

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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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