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Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez elected DNC chair
Former Secretary of Labor Tom Perez has been elected the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, grabbing the reins of the political wing of the party and emerging as a key figure in the party's opposition to President Donald Trump's agenda.
More than 400 party insiders gathered in Atlanta this weekend to cast their ballots. The former Obama appointee will try to rally the party of Democrats still reeling from its presidential election defeat and crippled by down-ballot losses across the country over the last decade.
Many in the party's progressive wing had rallied around Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, expressing their frustration with the status quo of the party. They felt strongly that Ellison better identified with the grassroots movement growing across the country in opposition to Trump.
Perez had fallen one short shy of victory in the first round of voting.
"We need a chair who can not only take the fight to Donald Trump, make sure we talk about our positive message," Perez told the crowd before the vote. "We also need a chair who can lead turnaround and change the culture of the Democratic Party and DNC."
The next chair will be key in trying to unify and rally a party still reeling from its presidential election defeat and crippled by down-ballot losses across the country over the last decade.
"We're in this mess because we lost not one election but a thousand elections," Ellison said before the vote. "We gotta go to the grassroots, ya'll. Unity is essential. We gotta walk out of here with unity."
Many in the party's progressive wing had rallied around Ellison, expressing their frustration with the status quo of the party. They felt strongly that Ellison better identified with the grassroots movement growing across the country in opposition to Trump.
After emails leaked last summer revealed former chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz had purportedly influenced the presidential primary, many activists who sided with Sen. Bernie Sanders were left feeling betrayed and disillusioned by the party establishment. Those leaks last summer forced Wasserman Schultz to step down.
Perez is backed by many from former President Obama's political orbit, including former Vice President Joe Biden, while Ellison garners support from liberals like Sanders. But the lines are not hard and fast. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is also backing Ellison, while Perez has the support of some labor groups.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/top-d...ry?id=45728911
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Perez moves to appoint Ellison DNC deputy chair. Perez supporters start chanting "Unity!" Round of applause from Keith fans.
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It was a smart move instead of going full tilt suicide left. Perez is from the centrist (HRClinton) wing of the party.
Ellison the "progressive" left.
It's important in that Perez will be on the talk shows as figurehead of the party-
presenting a sane face
FUCK THE POLICE (02-25-2017)
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Damn, I was hoping it would be Ellison. Making a Muslim one heartbeat away from his chair seem kind of a risky move on Perez's part.
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FUCK THE POLICE (02-25-2017)
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I was hoping it would be Bill Clinton. Bill vs. Trump would be the greatest TV ratings ever!
Bigdog (02-26-2017)
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Too early to care.
Biden likes little girls
His parents were dominican immigrants and it appears he was raised a catholic. That may cause problems with all the abortion-lovers in the party.
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FUCK THE POLICE (02-25-2017)
fully immersed in faith..
at least it isn't the guy who wanted the Demmycrats to grow up......that might have been bad news for Trump's re-election......and Pence's election.....and Pence's re-election......now that they won't grow up we can relax and enjoy ourselves.....
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Fucking gross. Keith Ellison 2020!
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
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We will never win by being a second GOP. Perez is a Clinton "moderate" - the same faction that lost to the most evil person in all of human history, Donald Trump. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.Originally Posted by anatta
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
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Another vicotrry for the rightists! We will destroy the Democratic fascists like Perez the same as the Republican fascists when the revolution comes!
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
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this is the reaction i see onlineit is awesome
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anatta (02-25-2017)
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Damn, was hoping for the jihadi, Ellison.
Bigdog (02-26-2017)
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fine by me,although i hate to see a major US political party lose it's collective mind.
I think Clinton herself was the problem,not that wing of the Party -
but if you want to drive off the left side of the road into a ditch -go for it
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Communism is the future.
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
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it's a dead letter, i heard the same thing 50 years ago from the Maoists
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