Tom Perez is the new head of the DNC, Keith Ellison Deputy Chair

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ATLANTA – Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez has defeated Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee in a blow to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the progressive wing of the party.

Perez won with 235 votes on the second ballot, with 218 votes needed to reach a majority. He fell just shy in the first ballot, totaling 213.5 votes.

The win came after Perez failed to clear the threshold required to win the first vote by only one ballot.

Vice President Biden and other key figures from the Obama administration supported Perez, who backed Hillary Clinton in the primary.

Sanders and many of his allies backed Ellison, the first-ever Muslim elected to Congress and a star on the left. Several Ellison supporters told The Hill this week that they are unsure if they can back Perez.
The race to become the next Democratic Party leader split along establishment-grassroots lines and in many ways mirrored the divisive 2016 presidential primary between Sanders and Clinton.

The mainstream Democrats won out again.

Perez, the 55-year-old son of Dominican immigrants, becomes the party’s public face and chief spokesperson in charge of staking out Democratic opposition to President Trump.

Prior to serving as President Obama's Labor secretary, Perez was a civil rights attorney in the Justice Department under Attorney General Eric Holder, who endorsed him in the chairmanship race.

Perez’s win is a victory for centrist Democrats, many of whom were wary of handing the party over to the Sanders wing. But his election risks infuriating progressives, many of whom wanted to see Ellison, an early supporter of Sanders, installed atop the DNC.
 

Tom Perez used his first motion as chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Saturday to appoint his top rival for the position, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), as deputy chair of the DNC.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/321191-perez-appoints-ellison-deputy-dnc-chair

 

I think it may be good since he was the Labor secretary and Ellison is helping him out  

What do you think FOTP?

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I think it'll only serve to piss off the Bernie or Bust folks

God, the Democrats couldn't have picked a worse time to lose 

[Onika 23,143]

This demonstrates that the Democratic party has learned absolutely nothing. The "deputy chair" thing is an empty title to placate that side of the party, but people are going to see through that.

Suit up y'all, we're getting 8 years of Trump.

 

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3 minutes ago, Mom said:

I think it'll only serve to piss off the Bernie or Bust folks

God, the Democrats couldn't have picked a worse time to lose 

Well they need to suck it up and stfu because if they lose the 2020 election, the country will be Republican in every level (even moreso than now). 2020 Census will destroy any effort for Democrats to come back for decades and the Supreme Court won't be there to stop it this time  

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1 minute ago, Infrared said:

Well they need to suck it up and stfu because if they lose the 2020 election, the country will be Republican in every level (even moreso than now). 2020 Census will destroy any effort for Democrats to come back for decades and the Supreme Court won't be there to stop it this time  

I have an itty-bitty creeping feeling that this is where we're heading, if those people are anything to judge.

If the state of the Democratic Party on a national scale is anything to go by...

I hear Canada is beautiful this time of year 

 

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18 minutes ago, Mom said:

I think it'll only serve to piss off the Bernie or Bust folks

God, the Democrats couldn't have picked a worse time to lose 

I can't believe that people are still on this. It's time for them to put their big girl pants on.

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3 minutes ago, Hermione said:

I can't believe that people are still on this. It's time for them to put their big girl pants on.

Everybody assumed that at this point, it would be the Republican Party dealing with enough infighting to keep them out of power for a generation. 

No one ever assumed that it would be the other way around

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Keith Ellison is an disgusting anti-semite. I'm glad he didn't win.

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And let's be clear, even if Hillary Clinton had won, she would have installed Tom Perez as the Head of the DNC - he was always going to get it. 

 

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11 minutes ago, Mom said:

And let's be clear, even if Hillary Clinton had won, she would have installed Tom Perez as the Head of the DNC - he was always going to get it. 

 

We know that and all this

 

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1 hour ago, Infrared said:

The mainstream Democrats won out again.

The LOBBYISTS win again.

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13 minutes ago, lautnerfied said:

We know that and all this

 

That's a cool story

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11 minutes ago, lautnerfied said:

We know that and all this

 

Not seeing the problem with any of these tweets?  

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5 minutes ago, lautnerfied said:

The LOBBYISTS win again.

No, the mainstream Democratic Party won. 

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They would never have done it, but low key was thinking Hillary would try again  

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5 hours ago, lautnerfied said:

 

I wonder how many times this has to be said, this is the Clinton's political party, they own it - you're kidding yourselves if you think otherwise. 

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21 hours ago, Mom said:

I wonder how many times this has to be said, this is the Clinton's political party, they own it - you're kidding yourselves if you think otherwise. 

I know right. The Clintons shaped the Democratic map that we have today  

If you guys want the Clintons out, expect a few decades to go by. Obama didn't really bring as many new faces in.