Monday, 25 July 2016 09:21

DNC Chair Fudge: Don't Waste Your Vote

Written by Edward L. Esposito & Joe Irizarry

The day started early for the woman who will weild the gavel as chair of the Democratic National Convention, which opens later today in Philadelphia. It is a start Cleveland Congresswoman Marcia Fudge didn't see coming when she made her way to Cleveland before the tumult of leaked anti-Bernie Sanders emails from the DNC which led to her elevation as convention chair and sacking of the National Committee chair.

Fudge says of the Bernie Sanders delegates at the Convention, two-thirds are already onboard behind Hillary Clinton's campaign. "Where else are they going to go," Fudge asked when questioned by reporters following a morning breakfast with the Ohio delegation at the Embassy Suites Philadelphia International Airport.

Fudge said talk of delegates supporting Green Party candidate Jill Stein would shift coming out of Philadelphia. "What are their options; where are they going to go...when has the Green Party won anything? Let's be realistic about this; there is too much at stake," said the Cleveland Congresswoman. 

She says he goal over the next four days will be to be "fair and even-handed" to be sure Hillary and Bernie delegates get their say.

 

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