Weaver-Top Sanders Aid: RNC Chair Did Better Job Unifying Party Than DNC Chair (HRC GP)

[Her Sister]

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) campaign manager suggested Thursday that the Republican National Committee has been more successful than its Democratic counterpart at bringing the party together.

“If you look at the Republican side, the party chair there has been working day and night to try and you know, keep everybody together and to try unify the party,” Jeff Weaver told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, referring to RNC Chair Reince Priebus.

The Sanders team has not been shy about suggesting that DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) has favored his opponent, Hillary Clinton, throughout the primary race. Weaver has repeatedly called Schultz “unfair” and the Vermont senator himself said he would replace her as party chair if he won the nomination.

“I think unity in the party is much easier to achieve if we have consensus and a chair who was committed to playing the traditional role that the chairs of party plays,” Weaver told Mitchell. “You know even when there’s sharp elbows and a primary contest, the chair of the party is looking out for the broader interest of the party to make sure the party can come together in the end and we have seen repeatedly from Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz that's really not the role she’s played.”

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[DemonGoddess]

1. Not unexpected

we all KNOW Jeff Weaver is a TOOL.

[Her Sister]

5. Something so mendacious about him saying that!

Thinking himself so clever!

[TwilightZone]

2. It's pretty difficult to unify the party when one of the candidates is actively trying to destroy it

This isn't complicated.

[LisaM]

4. And who's also not a Democrat.

The notion that Jane keeps putting forth that they are bringing millions of new Democrats into the process is baloney as far as I'm concerned. I actually hope I'm proved wrong on this.

[TwilightZone]

7. The same ones who say they're going to switch back to I two minutes after they vote.

Which means zero net gain.

It's funny how Sanders supporters say that closed primaries are keeping the party from gaining new members, yet most of the new members are independents who had to switch to Democrat to vote in those same primaries. You know...new Democrats. If all of the primaries had been open, they'd still be independents. Net zero.

[LiberalFighter]

25. Ditto

[tonyt53]

3. What else would you expect form a comic book man that will be working for Trump on November

[pandr32]

6. Good grief!

The RNC didn't bring the Party together--Priebus and other Party heads tried everything to avoid Trump being the nominee and failed. They gave up and tried to appear that they were okay with Trump who is a loose cannon. Trump heading the Party is because they are dysfunctional.

Weaver is busy spinning garbage.

[SharonClark]

8. Yep, Priebus waved the white flag of surrender.

[liberal N proud]

9. Republicans are sheep

[geek tragedy]

10. DWS should resign, and the new chair should revoke Weaver's convention credentials nt

[BlueCaliDem]

11. Just more baseless, idiotic attacks against DWS purely out of a bad case of pure soreloserism.

Here's a hint, Weaver...nobody likes a whiner.

[BootinUp]

12. DWS gets no respect from someone who attacks the D party. NOW FOR NEWS nt

[SunSeeker]

13. Trump did not sue the RNC. nt

[Her Sister]

18. Trump did threaten to sue different GOP candidates at certain points

[SunSeeker]

20. Did he raise a quarter million for their primary challenger like Sanders just did to DWS?

Trump has definitely trash talked his opponents, but he has never displayed the kind of hatred of the Republican Party the way Sanders has the Democratic Party. And Sanders has been that way for decades...





The fact is, Sanders does not want to "unify," and there is nothing DWS can do about it.

[Thinkingabout]

14. Is the reason of the RNC focusing on holding as many congressional seats

And letting go of the presidency is what Weaver thinking? Weaver just runs his mouth, he hasn't been able to put together a winning strategy for Sanders, has sent him out to tell lies, has over spent the money available and he has the time to analyze the RNC as compared to the DNC, give me a break.

[Surya Gayatri]

15. As my late father would've so pithily said: "His mouth runs like the flap on a goose's ass."

[sarae]

22. +1

perfect.

[BlueMTexpat]

24. Great thought! eom

[TwilightZone]

16. He thinks they're unified?

lol

[SaschaHM]

17. I love Brian Fallon's response to this statement.

Brian Fallon ‏@brianefallon 23h23 hours ago

Brian Fallon Retweeted Talking Points Memo

He did it by declaring Trump the nominee before he clinched, pushing rivals out of race. Is that what you'd like?

Brian Fallon added,
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Top Sanders aide: RNC chair did better job unifying party than DNC chair
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[Her Sister]

19. Yes! Great response and question by Brilliant Spox Brian Fallon!

Weaver, "Is that what you'd like?"

[DemonGoddess]

21. Perfect!

I LOVE Brian Fallon!

[sarae]

23. HAHA

So absolutely perfect, that response.

[NastyRiffraff]

26. Pssst..Jeff

What exactly has the party chair's "working day and night" to "unify the party" gotten out of it? If you say "Donald Trump," you get a gold star!

Sanders should just be a Republican and get it over with. Maybe Trump will pick him as VP!

[skylucy]

27. Uh. RNC started unifying after Ted Cruz and John Kasich realized they had lost and dropped

out. Get it, Mr. Weaver? The F***ing loser needs to get out of fantasy land and stop collecting money from gullible people. Is the entire Sanders campaign completely devoid of any self awareness?! I haven't watched the clip, but shame on Andrea Mitchell if she let that go by without saying the obvious. Good grief.