Um... What?
This election cycle sure has been a fascinating one. Everything from the unelectable Donald Trump getting the Republican nomination to the no name Bernie Sanders nearly defeating Hillary Clinton (maybe???) should all be up there but what happened today really does take the cake. To better understand what happened today, one must really look back at the immediate past.If you remember, a few months ago, Bernie Sanders accused the DNC of being biased in favor of Hillary Clinton, even going as far as calling for DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign. Of course many in politics scoffed at that, calling it to be completely untrue but many of the voters felt that the primary was indeed rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton.
Jump to this week and hold and behold, WikiLeaks released nearly 20,000 emails that it obtained regarding the DNC. Several of those emails were extremely damning as it portrayed the DNC of actually conspiring against Bernie Sanders. Just for clarification, the DNC is suppose to be neutral throughout the entire primary process. Once again, Bernie Sanders called for the DNC Chair to resign. As a result, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has lost her speaking role at the DNC in Philadelphia and has been replaced by Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio.
The pressure did seem to be too great for Debbie Wasserman Schultz as it was reported earlier today that she will indeed resign from the position at the end of the convention. Many have questioned her decision as they have said she needs to resign prior to the convention. In her place will be DNC VP Donna Brazile for the remainder of the election. Nonetheless, she was going to be gone, right?
Well, not exactly. Within an hour of her resignation announcement, Hillary Clinton has announce that Debbie Wasserman Schultz will become her campaign's "honorary chair" during the general election. This will definitely have a negative impact on Hillary Clinton. There are 3 scenarios that I can think of immediately, 1 being that Hillary Clinton was not aware of the DNC Chair's resignation. However, I personally don't think that is the case. Instead, what I can see is that she chose her because she does not care about the voters who see her just as negatively as Hillary Clinton herself (I believe Clinton is now losing to Trump in key states).
The last scenario I can think of is more dark than Clinton simply not caring, it is that it was all planned out. Although this is all conspirational, it could be that the DNC Chair known what she would get and would have gotten away with it if the leaks did not occur. It is also possible under this conspiracy that she will do all she can during the DNC until Clinton is formally nominated, which is why she is staying until the end. Remember guys, this is just a theory and without evidence, I really have nothing to say about it.
All in all, I see this whole process negatively and I will be honest, I do not see how anyone can not see this as being negative.
Large Protests in Philly
I am pretty sure the media outlets are not reporting this and will not report this but there are large protest throughout the city of Philadelphia as the DNC is set to begin tomorrow. Although I am not physically in Philadelphia, I can say that there are numerous reports via social media showcasing several of them.One such is the March for Bernie movement which saw a whopping 1+ mile long line, all for, of course, Bernie Sanders. Thousand of voters lined up to participate. There have also been marches for Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party Dr Jill Stein, and anti-fracking. All in all, every single report out there have said they have not seen anyone who is pro-Hillary Clinton.
It appears even the Philadelphia Police are not too happy with Hillary Clinton and the DNC due to their choice of not including the families of those who lost their lives while in the line of duty.
I am going to be completely honest, this is going to be an interesting week and as of now, looks to be more unorganized than the RNC that happened last week.
