It seem Bernie Sanders has the last laugh… CNN's Jake Sherman is reporting that Debbie Wasserman Schultz is resigning as chair at the end of the Democratic National Convention. The DNC's official statement makes no mention of her involvement in smears and collusion exposed by the Wikileaks emails.
As The Washington Post reports, she had faced growing pressure to resign Sunday in the aftermath of the release of thousands of embarrassing internal email exchanges among Democratic officials, an episode that has pitched the party into turmoil on the eve of a convention that was promised to showcase unity.
"I would ask her to step aside," David Axelrod, a former adviser to President Obama, said on CNN of Debbie Wasserman Schultz. "I would ask her to step aside, because she's a distraction on a week that is Hillary Clinton's week."
Other senior Democrats echoed that sentiment, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive internal matter. These Democrats indicated that the Clinton campaign would like the resignation to come Sunday.
And sure enough…
DNC STATEMENT: Debbie Wasserman Schultz is RESIGNING as chair at the end of the convention.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) July 24, 2016
Full Statement:
"Going forward, the best way for me to accomplish those goals is to step down as Party Chair at the end of this convention. As Party Chair, this week I will open and close the Convention and I will address our delegates about the stakes involved in this election not only for Democrats, but for all Americans. We have planned a great and unified Convention this week and I hope and expect that the DNC team that has worked so hard to get us to this point will have the strong support of all Democrats in making sure this is the best convention we have ever had.
"I've been proud to serve as the first woman nominated by a sitting president as Chair of the Democratic National Committee and I am confident that the strong team in place will lead our party effectively through this election to elect Hillary Clinton as our 45th president."
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