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| Nearly 20,000 emails and more than 8,000 attachments from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) have been released by WikiLeaks. Many of the emails indicate that top DNC officials were hostile to the Bernie Sanders campaign. | |
| The emails released Friday cover a period from Janury 2015 to May 2016. They purportedly come from the accounts of seven major figures in the DNC: Senior Adviser Andrew Wright, National Finance Director Jordon Kaplan, Finance Chief of Staff Scott Comer, Communications Director Luis Miranda, Northern California Finance Director Robert Stowe, Finance Director of Data & Strategic Initiatives Daniel Parrish and Finance Director Allen Zachary. | The emails released Friday cover a period from Janury 2015 to May 2016. They purportedly come from the accounts of seven major figures in the DNC: Senior Adviser Andrew Wright, National Finance Director Jordon Kaplan, Finance Chief of Staff Scott Comer, Communications Director Luis Miranda, Northern California Finance Director Robert Stowe, Finance Director of Data & Strategic Initiatives Daniel Parrish and Finance Director Allen Zachary. |
| Many of the emails regard Bernie Sanders and dealing with the fallout of many Democrats opposing Hillary Clinton and calling the system “rigged.” Many of the emails exchanged between top DNC officials are simply the text of news articles concerning how establishment democrats can “deal” with the insurgent left-winger. | Many of the emails regard Bernie Sanders and dealing with the fallout of many Democrats opposing Hillary Clinton and calling the system “rigged.” Many of the emails exchanged between top DNC officials are simply the text of news articles concerning how establishment democrats can “deal” with the insurgent left-winger. |
| One email indicates that the DNC was in close contact with news websites on articles related to the Democratic Party. | One email indicates that the DNC was in close contact with news websites on articles related to the Democratic Party. |
| A Real Clear Politics article said that Bernie Sanders supporters causing a lack of unity at the Nevada Democratic Convention. | |
| “This headline needs to be changed,” said Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who serves as Chairperson, or top official, of the DNC. | “This headline needs to be changed,” said Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who serves as Chairperson, or top official, of the DNC. |
| “We need to push back... Patrice, what happened, DNC had nothing to do with this, right?” Luis Miranda wrote, referring to DNC Director of Party Affairs Patrice Taylor. | “We need to push back... Patrice, what happened, DNC had nothing to do with this, right?” Luis Miranda wrote, referring to DNC Director of Party Affairs Patrice Taylor. |
| Taylor responded saying that the article should be changed the event was run by the state party and the disorder “sounds like internal issues amount Sanders supporters.” | Taylor responded saying that the article should be changed the event was run by the state party and the disorder “sounds like internal issues amount Sanders supporters.” |
| “Walter, please connect with Stewart and get him to push back,” Miranda wrote. The last email ion the thread says: “Done. Article has been updated.” | “Walter, please connect with Stewart and get him to push back,” Miranda wrote. The last email ion the thread says: “Done. Article has been updated.” |
| Another email shows officials of the DNC – the governing body of the party that is supposedly neutral when it comes to Democratic candidates – using “us and them” language when referring to Sanders supporters. | Another email shows officials of the DNC – the governing body of the party that is supposedly neutral when it comes to Democratic candidates – using “us and them” language when referring to Sanders supporters. |
| “We have the Sanders folks admitting that they lost fair and square, not because we 'rigged' anything,” the email said. “Clinton likely to win the state convention with a slim margin and we'll send a release with final delegate numbers.” | “We have the Sanders folks admitting that they lost fair and square, not because we 'rigged' anything,” the email said. “Clinton likely to win the state convention with a slim margin and we'll send a release with final delegate numbers.” |
| In an email that concerns Sanders out-polling Clinton in Rhode Island, one staffer takes a contemptuous tone of Sanders’ supporters and how state that reportedly only had a fraction of voting stations open, speaking about them more as a nuisance than an arm of the party. | In an email that concerns Sanders out-polling Clinton in Rhode Island, one staffer takes a contemptuous tone of Sanders’ supporters and how state that reportedly only had a fraction of voting stations open, speaking about them more as a nuisance than an arm of the party. |
| “If she outperforms this polling, the Bernie camp will go nuts and allege misconduct,” the staffer writes, “They’ll probably complain regardless, actually.” | “If she outperforms this polling, the Bernie camp will go nuts and allege misconduct,” the staffer writes, “They’ll probably complain regardless, actually.” |
| An email titled “Bernie narrative” sent by DNC National Press Secretary Mark Paustenbach to Communications Director Miranda Luis indicates that top officials in the party were trying to find an angle to disparage the Vermont senator in the media. | |
| “Wondering if there's a good Bernie narrative for a story, which is that Bernie never ever had his act together, that his campaign was a mess,” Paustenbach wrote in the May 21 message. “Specifically, [Debbie Wasserman Schultz” had to call Bernie directly in order to get the campaign to do things because they'd either ignored or forgotten to something critical.” | |
| “It's not a DNC conspiracy, it's because they never had their act together,” the official suggested. | |
| One communication laid out the pros and cons of Wasserman Schultz accepting an invitation to CBS’s “Face the Nation,” and indicated that the DNC was plotting its moves based on what would be amenable to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. An apparently point on the ‘pro’ side was that Wasserman Schultz could make it clear that | |
| “Clinton campaign is a mess, they’re afraid of their own shadow and didn’t like that we engaged,” Luis wrote. “But they’ll be unhappy regardless, so better to get out there and do some strong pivots and land good punches on Trump. They can’t tell us NOT to do TV right now, we shouldn’t pull ourselves out until they actually do.” | |
| “It’s clear that Bernie messed up and that we’re on the right side of history,” Luis said in another bullet point, referring to the Nevada convention. | |
| “Let's take this offline,” Wasserman Schultz said in response. “I basically agree with you.” |