I’m going on vacation next week and have a story I never got to finish, so I’ll share it with you twitter people for free: Leah Daughtry, longtime DNC official, is no longer leading the convention process, by virtue of a decision made by DNC chair Tom Perez /1
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"Leah is a rock in the Democratic party and our party is strong because of her. That is why Tom asked her to lead his transition team and that is why he asked her to run the RFP process for the 2020 convention, which is critical to having a successful convention...
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... for our next nominee. Leah will continue to play an important role in our party." --
@XochitlHinojosa Daughtry had adversaries on the left of the party, though many also respected her. Longtime DNC activists also have a lot of respect for Daughtry, so Perez removing her...Show this thread -
... is doing so at considerable political risk to himself. Would be ironic if this were the move that did him in.
@TomPerez has brought in@JessOConnell, who was formerly ED of the DNC before jumping ship last year, to take over Daughtry’s role.Show this thread
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Leah is a treasure to our party and to our country.
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