The Democrat’s house of cards is beginning to collapse, and it may take the DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.) down as well.
Esquire reported that Democrats are openly revolting against Wasserman-Schultz, whom they have compared to a dictator.
Deb Kozikowski, the vice chairwoman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, said that the DNC Chairwoman has done a disservice to grassroots volunteers by allowing Republicans to dominate the news cycle for the last month.
“How do I tell these really dedicated Democrats who work really hard from top to bottom that debates for our presidential candidates are restricted, and they’re there watching all these Republicans get all this air time?” Kozikowski said in an interview with the Boston Globe. “I think about the folks at the grass roots who work day in day out, no money no glory, because they believe in democracy with a small ‘d’ and the Democratic Party with a large ‘D,’ getting bombarded with all these Republican candidates.”
The Massachusetts vice chairwoman is not alone in her disdain for Wasserman-Schultz.
Democrats across the country are furious with her for botching the pre-primary process and making it easier for a troubled Hillary Clinton to get the nomination, despite her falling poll numbers.
National committee vice chairs, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) and former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak broke with the DNC Chairwoman over limiting the debates before the Iowa Caucus.
New Hampshire State Senator Martha Fuller Clark, the vice chairwoman of her state party, also criticized Wasserman-Schultz, saying she is putting the Democratic Party at a strategic disadvantage.
“I’m very disappointed that the chair of the DNC has been unwilling to reconsider this schedule, which she determined on her own, with her staff. She did not run it by the executive committee of the DNC, she did not run it by the members of the DNC. People have been telling her that they are unhappy with this schedule, and she has been adamant about not making any changes,” the New Hampshire state senator told Esquire. “The decision that was made by Debbie Wasserman Schultz makes it harder to showcase all the candidates.”
Presently there is only one debate scheduled before the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire primary.
“New Hampshire’s not going to put up with one debate for their entire state, an early state, that happens between Hanukkah and Christmas. On a weekend, by the way. Nobody’s going to see that debate. I just think it would be better to face the idea that maybe it was not the best solution to restrict the debates,” Kozikowski said.
