John Burton better have another set of expletives ready.
The progressives and the Democratic establishment are already at each other's throats.
Oh F—k! |
Progressives were disrupting his speech with the DNC Chairman Tom Perez. He told them to "Shut the f–k up and get out!"
Of course, they are not going anywhere … or are they?
So, how to the California Democratic Party elections end?
First, the specifics about the state party chairman's race:
1,493 Eric
Bauman
1,431 Kimberly Ellis
We are talking about … 60 votes out of 2, 924 delegate votes.
Incredible!
results from tonight's balloting for the statewide officers of the Democratic
Party:
- Chair: Eric Bauman
- Female Vice Chair: Alex Rooker
- Male Vice Chair: Daraka Larimore-Hall
- Secretary: RUNOFF: Carolyn Fowler v. Jenny Bach
- Controller: Daniel Weitzman
secretary will be held tomorrow morning.
"It got very ugly, the atmosphere," said Bernal of progressive caucus discussions since chair's race heated up. "It was poisonous."— Christine Mai-Duc (@cmaiduc) May 21, 2017
Uh Oh! Trouble in progressive utopian paradise?!
And the California Democratic Party officials and ballot counters will not allow for a recount?
This was a very late tweet, sent after one of two nearly dead phones reconnected to wifi https://t.co/AKJediO6ZB— Christine Mai-Duc (@cmaiduc) May 21, 2017
Wow, it is true …
Ahjamu Makalani, who is running for officer at large of progressive caucus said, "The Democratic Party is everything except Democratic." pic.twitter.com/VThqywVyBf— Christine Mai-Duc (@cmaiduc) May 21, 2017
This is so true.
The Democracy is not democratic … at all. It's just like what the DNC did to the Bernie-crats during Election 2016.
In California, the Bernie progressives will not back down:
Eric Bauman named new chairman of the California Democratic Party — but his rival refuses to concede https://t.co/mjsi2c8Gu6 from @LATSeema— Allison Wisk (@allisonwisk) May 21, 2017
The Los Angeles Times will be all over this infighitng.
If you want to know what happens next, @LATpoliticsCA will be following @ca_dem bright and early tmrw: @LATSeema @philwillon & yours truly— Christine Mai-Duc (@cmaiduc) May 21, 2017
STAY TUNED!