After announcing she will quit her role as head of the Democratic National Committee over leaked emails showing the party favored Clinton over also-ran Bernie Sanders, Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is being pressured to avoid the party’s confab altogether.
Trying to give a morning speech, Wasserman Schultz, who said she would step down after the convention, is booed by Florida delegates in Philadelphia as she strains to be heard over jeers and cries of “shame.”
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Protesters hold signs reading “E-mails,” “No!” and “Thanks for the ‘help,’ Debbie.”
A number of the calls for her to stay away from the Philadelphia convention that kicks off later Monday come from Clinton backers, who fear her presence will have a toxic effect on the event, according to political news website The Hill.
“I wouldn’t [appear], number one, for her own good because it’s going to get messy when she gets up there,” former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a known face from the Clinton camp, tells MSNBC.
“At this point the whole thing is just embarrassing,” an unnamed Democratic operative tells The Hill. “The general consensus is that she needs to remove herself from the process. She needs to do it. The sooner the better — by 3 p.m. is what many people want to see.”
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