Tell DNC Chair Wasserman Schultz: Resign immediately.
"As DNC chair, you have repeatedly failed to act in the best interests of progressives and the Democratic Party. You have lost the trust of grassroots progressives and Democrats. Please resign immediately."
Young women, especially low income women and women of color, have been bearing the brunt of the right-wing's relentless assault on abortion rights and have been leading the charge to fight back. Wasserman Schultz's comment shows how out of touch she is with the progressive core values of the Democratic activist base, and is just the latest in a string of unacceptable actions that makes it clear it is time for her to resign as chair of the DNC.
Wasserman-Schultz has used her platform for her personal political gain,2 sabotaged Democratic candidates,3 sided with warmongers, predatory lenders and anti-choice interests,4,5 attempted to tilt the playing field in the 2016 presidential nomination,6 and more.
Democratic leaders have considered replacing Chair Wasserman Schultz before.7 Now we need to show that she has lost the support of grassroots progressives, and needs to go.
Chair Wasserman Schultz has repeatedly pursued her own agenda at the expense of the progressive base and basic principles of fairness. That's bad for progressive values and bad for the Democratic Party, and she must resign.
Wasserman Schultz's latest jab at young women is a bridge too far. Especially since it was on her watch that Democrats suffered the brutal loss of the Senate in 2014 to anti-woman Republicans, leading to the weakest Democratic showing in Congress in modern American history.
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