7. Hoping Sanders Would Give Up:
Via Washington Post:
Many of these emails came as it was clear Clinton was going to win — which makes the apparent favoritism perhaps less offensive (though Sanders supporters would certainly disagree).
But it’s also clear that there was plenty of cheerleading for the race to simply be over — for Sanders to throw in the towel so that Clinton could be named the presumptive nominee. The party, of course, was still supposed to be neutral even though the odds and delegate deficit for Sanders looked insurmountable.
On May 1, in response to Sanders again saying he would push for a contested convention, Wasserman Schultz said, “So much for a traditional presumptive nominee.”
Other interesting tidbits revealed in the emas include the DNC Mid-Atlantic and PAC finance director Alexandra Shapiro
Calling President Obama “f*cking stupid” for not helping in their fundraiser, the lack of respect for Chairman Wasserman Schult by other DNC staff, and the DNC getting heads up by publishers for anti-Clinton articles to be printed, to give the DNC time to prepare for a statement of defense.
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