Wasserman Schultz won’t preside over convention

Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, will serve as the permanent chair of the convention.

“I thank @HillaryClinton & team for recommending me to serve as the permanent chair of the 2016 Democratic National Convention,” Fudge tweeted Sunday

Wasserman Schultz’s name appeared in emails leaked in recent days, and the unfolding narrative in those messages suggests the party was eager to eliminate Clinton’s Democratic opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

The emails have angered the liberal wing of the party, which had already been stewing over the superdelegate system that they believe gave Clinton an unfair advantage. Now they are threatening to hold large protests at the convention.

Wasserman Schultz had already lost a major speaking slot at the convention and her removal from the presiding role is unprecedented.

ABC News reported Sunday that Wasserman Schultz could maintain a limited role, gaveling the convention open and possibly getting a minor speaking role.

Sanders has for weeks called on Wasserman Schultz to resign, and her support on Capitol Hill appeared less enthusiastic in recent weeks. Sanders repeated the demand on Sunday.

“I don’t’ think she is qualified to be the chair of the DNC,” Sanders said on CNN. “Not only for these awful emails which show the prejudice of the DNC, but also because we need a party to reach out to working people and young people and I don’t think her leadership style does that.”

Among the incriminating DNC emails leaked was one that appeared eager to depict Sanders as an atheist in order to make him less attractive to Southern voters. Another email suggested portraying the Sanders campaign as disorganized. Both were sent by senior Wasserman Schultz aides.

Wasserman Schultz declared in another email that Sanders would never become president.