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(31,406 posts) Thu Nov 2, 2017, 06:10 PM Nov 2017

Elizabeth Warren admits the Democratic Party was rigged against Bernie Sanders

Published on Nov 2, 2017

During an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) agreed that the Democratic Party rigged the presidential nomination against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

Former DNC chair and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile made news Thursday when excerpts from her latest book were released revealing that she had proof that Hillary Clinton’s campaign took over the party with an “unethical fundraising agreement” prior to winning the 2016 primary. Brazile said that she made a promise to Sanders that she would investigate the DNC and she clearly kept her promise.

“Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns that Put Donald Trump in the White House,” the excerpt in Politico revealed. “If the fight had been fair, one campaign would not have control of the party before the voters had decided which one they wanted to lead. This was not a criminal act, but as I saw it, it compromised the party’s integrity.”

“This is a real problem,” Warren told Tapper. “But what we’ve got to do as Democrats now, we’ve got to hold this party accountable.”

She said that when chair Tom Perez first was elected as chair she met with him and encouraged him to put the party back together so that they can begin working to help Democrats, “rather than Democrats working for the party.”