Normally, I might be inclined to support anyone who makes Perez’s job less pleasant, but in this case, this vote is completely motivated by butt-hurt over the fact that they won’t be super delegates any more.
Seriously, this is the most uselessly self absorbed thing that has happened in Washington, DC in at least the past 3 months, and I am including toxic narcissistic Donald Trump in this equation:
The Congressional Black Caucus passed a vote of no confidence in Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez on Wednesday, the latest sign of lingering bad blood between lawmakers on Capitol Hill and the Democratic Party’s top official.
According to CBC members, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, started a debate over the national party’s superdelegate policy, which led to a motion of no confidence in Perez, who took over the DNC in February 2017.
CBC members described the debate as “heated” and “controversial.” CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond (D-La.) said members “felt that the DNC pitted them against their constituents.”
“So now if they want to be a delegate, they have to run against their constituents who want to be delegates, and it’s an unfair proposition,” Richmond told POLITICO. “We don’t want to run against our constituents, so the caucus had made its position known. … It speaks for itself.”
The DNC in August voted to dramatically diminish the power of superdelegates — elected officials and party activists who are free to vote for any candidate at the presidential nominating convention. The new rule bars superdelegates from voting on the first presidential nominating ballot at a contested national convention.
Seriously, I can think of no better example of the self-serving egocentric arrogance than this crap.
Stop. Just Stop.