Tom Perez was elected to chair the Democratic Party. Perez served in the Obama Administration.
Having fallen just shy of victory in the first round of votes, the establishment favorite former Labor Secretary Tom Perez (and Obama/Clinton loyalist) has defeated Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee in a blow to Bernie Sanders and the progressive wing of the party.
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. The party remains clearly divided…
Michael Tracey on Twitter: “Keith Ellison was defeated by a billionaire-led innuendo campaign slurring him as an anti-semite. That’s the Democratic Party for you. / Twitter”
Keith Ellison was defeated by a billionaire-led innuendo campaign slurring him as an anti-semite. That’s the Democratic Party for you.
…winning by 235 to 218 in the second round of voting (after failing to get the 213.5 votes required in the first round).
Perez: “We need a chair who can not only take the fight to Donald Trump” but “change the culture of the Democratic Party and the DNC“
ABC News Politics on Twitter: “Tom Perez: “We need a chair who can not only take the fight to Donald Trump” but “change the culture of the Democratic Party and the DNC” pic.twitter.com/6tnJO7qA1A / Twitter”
Tom Perez: “We need a chair who can not only take the fight to Donald Trump” but “change the culture of the Democratic Party and the DNC” pic.twitter.com/6tnJO7qA1A
Bernie Sanders congratulated former Perez on becoming the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, however warned that “the same old is not working.”
Via ZeroHedge