Byron York: DNC debated banning Bernie delegate for ‘throwing shade’ on Wasserman Schultz

Published July 24, 2016 3:29pm ET



High-ranking Democratic National Committee staff debated whether to bar a Bernie Sanders supporter from attending a fundraiser because she had written tweets “throwing shade” on party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Tennessee activist Amanda Kruel had sent “multiple tweets throwing shade on DWS,” Alan Reed, compliance director for the DNC, noted in a May 19, 2016 email released through the massive WikiLeaks disclosure. Reed added that Kruel was a “staunch Bernie supporter and campaign staffer” who had been elected a delegate in Tennessee’s party meetings.

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