The battle between the last two Democrats standing, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, is intensifying as the date for the Democratic National Convention draws nearer. The DNC chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, stopped by “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” on Monday night where the host grilled Schultz about the Democratic party reportedly being pro-Clinton.
“A lot of people feel that Bernie Sanders been, I’m going to paraphrase or quote, Bernie is being c---blocked by the DNC,” Noah said. “Is there any merit to this?”
“As powerful as that makes me feel, I’m not doing a very good job of rigging the outcome or blocking anyone from being able to get their message out,” Schultz responded. “The reality is I have a job as a national party chair that, one, requires a thick skin. It requires me to be able to absorb the body blows so our candidates can stay above the fray. If I have to take a few punches in order for them to be able to get their message out, then so be it. I’m all about making sure we can ultimately elect our party’s nominee in the general election.”
Earlier in the show, Noah took aim at Clinton for refusing to debate Sanders. The two have already debated eight times ahead of the 2016 election and finally scheduled a ninth debate that is set to take place on April 14 in Brooklyn, N.Y. This is more than the six debates, which Schultz had planned on having ahead of the election season. Despite any animosity between Sanders and Clinton, Schultz assured the comedian that “at the end of the day, we are going to come together,” which is more than she could say about the Republican party.
“Look, from my my standpoint, I want them debating every day,” she told Noah. “And I bet my counterpart, [RNC chair] Reince Priebus, wants [the Republican candidates] to debate never. Because every time they open their mouth, they do something to alienate somebody else. I’m so proud of our candidates because they have talked about how to move our country forward.”
So what would Schultz do if she was the RNC chair?
“I would strengthen my spine, and I would make sure that I stood up for what was right instead of caving, which is what the entire Republican Party has done,” she said.
