PHILADELPHIA – Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been ousted from her conventional role, Fox News has confirmed, after leaked emails indicating an anti-Bernie Sanders bias inflamed the left flank of the party.Fox News has learned she will not preside over the convention set to kick off Monday.
Sanders himself blasted the DNC and Wasserman Schultz in interviews Sunday, demanding her resignation.
“I think [Wasserman Schultz] should resign. Period. And I think we need a new chair who is going the lead us in a very different direction,” Sanders told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday.
Sanders said “these emails reiterate that reason why she should not be chair.”
The Vermont independent is himself set to speak on the opening night of the Democratic convention, securing an A-list position after a hard-fought, ideological primary battle with Hillary Clinton.
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