The reaction in the video to the election of Tom Perez as head of the DNC is fairly typical of what I’m seeing around the net. There is even a hash tag for it. #DemExit I have next to nothing in common with these folk except the desire for an end to Prohibition. But that is not the point. The point is that the Democrat Party is in a state of collapse.
This short article explains the Democrat’s problem.
After contentious debate, the Democratic Party has selected a new DNC chairman: Tom Perez. The choice, however, as TheAntiMedia.org’s Nick Bernabe reports, is not being celebrated by everyone in the party. In fact, the progressive so-called “Bernie Sanders wing” of the Democratic Party is up in arms, using the hashtag #DemExit, over Perez’ win.
Progressives favored Keith Ellison, who was backed by Bernie Sanders, and see Perez as another establishment tool that conspired to boost Hillary Clinton over Sanders in the 2016 primary. As The Intercept noted, Perez was overly friendly to big banks as secretary of labor under Obama, granting privileges to banks that plead guilty to market manipulation.
You might want to go visit the article. It has a lot of good graphics.
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In simple terms, it was Clinton’s gang vs Bernie’s gang. And…tada! Clinton’s gang won again.
not for much longer the voters were clinton hold overs. moderate democrats in congress are asking sanders and warren to intercede with the base chasing them around with pitch forks as they need corporate money to survive.
Greetings:
Perez is a longtime Long Marcher just working his way through another Institution.