DNC Party Meeting Leaves Progressives Furious over Purge

[Jim Lane]

4. People keep posting legitimate grievances.

If you want to accuse DUers of posting lies, you might want to consider the possibility of perhaps backing up your charge. You know, with some facts.

One common response has been to echo the official DNC spin about Perez's 75 at-large appointments to the full DNC and how wonderfully diverse they are, while ignoring the more important complaint about his purge of the key committees. The OP linked to a HuffPo article but omitted its informative title: "Progressives’ Anger Over Key Committee Appointments Roils Democratic Party Meeting".

Note that the headline identifies the committee appointments as key. The OP quotes one Sanders supporter, Becky Bond, who points out the skewing of the Rules Committee. As a different article reports

Ellison supporters are also frustrated by the repeated switching of the conversation from the executive and rules committees, which have power and matter, to the at-large members, who have very little. “The DNC is spinning it as being about diversity and focusing on at-large, but we know the real power is with the committees, and the rules committee in particular, [which] determines rules for primaries and caucuses,” said Bond.

Many people who supported Keith Ellison for Chair believe that there's retaliation going on, and they're pointing to specific facts. Just saying "Lies! Divisive! Petty!" and the like isn't going to make the problem go away.