The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: txradioguy on February 08, 2020, 12:34:42 pm
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The drumbeat for Democratic National Committee boss Tom Perez to be “held accountable†for recent party failures appears to be getting louder.
The latest Democrats to criticize Perez include U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.; and Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., all backers of 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Recent party setbacks have included the vote-count fiasco at Monday’s Iowa caucuses and Tuesday night’s disclosure that two officials on the host committee of the party’s upcoming national convention in Milwaukee had been fired over non-specified allegations that they oversaw a work environment where staff members were not being “respected.â€
Previously, Democrats such as former Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio, Washington state Democratic chairwoman Tina Podlodowski and party strategist Neil Sroka spoke out against Perez’s leadership.
“He doesn’t lead on anything,†Fudge told Politico.
On Friday, Ocasio-Cortez, Omar and Jayapal shared their views on the party chairman.
“What’s happened in Iowa is a complete disgrace and someone needs to be held responsible,†Ocasio-Cortez said outside the U.S. Capitol, according to the outlet. “I think there’s a conversation needed around taking responsibility for Iowa and ensuring that this bungled process never happens again.â€
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The criticism of Perez followed a Twitter message the DNC leader posted Thursday, in which he blamed Iowa’s state-level Democratic Party for the caucus problems.
“Enough is enough,†Perez wrote. “In light of the problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results, I am calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass.â€
Podlodowski accused Perez of throwing Iowa officials “under the bus†after a long silence from the national DNC amid the vote-counting problems.
Neither news organizations nor the Iowa Democratic Party have been able to call a winner in Monday's Iowa caucuses while Pete Buttigieg and Sanders are both claiming victory in the state.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-omar-jayapal-say-dnc-boss-tom-perez-should-be-held-accountable-for-iowa-failure (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-omar-jayapal-say-dnc-boss-tom-perez-should-be-held-accountable-for-iowa-failure)
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Have any of the Presidential candidates requested a recanvas?
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I am beginning to think this dingbat is the greatest gift the Republican Party ever received.