Gov. Malloy and Former Rep. Barney Frank Will Remain as Co-Chairs of the Convention’s Platform and Rules Committees
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has responded quickly to the Bernie Sanders for President Campaign’s demand that two high-profile Democrats, Gov. Dannel Malloy and former Rep. Barney Frank be removed as co-chairs of the convention’s platform and rules committees.
“Having carefully reviewed your challenge, we find that it fails to meet the criteria for the foregoing reasons and pursuant to the Regulations and Bylaws Committee for the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Reg. 3.4(G)(i) we are compelled to dismiss it,â€Â Jim Roosevelt and Lorraine Miller, co-chairs of the Rules and Bylaws Committee wrote to the Sanders Campaign, according to The Hill.
The original, formal complaint was a four-page letter penned by the Campaign’s attorney Brad Deutsch and filed Friday with the DNC Friday. It reads in part:
“Gov. Malloy and Mr. Frank have both been aggressive attack surrogates for the Clinton campaign. Their criticisms of Senator Sanders have gone beyond the dispassionate ideological disagreement and have exposed a deeper professional, political and personal hostility toward the Senator and his Campaign.” Â
The letter offers several examples of comments both Rep. Frank and Gov. Malloy have made that are critical of Sen. Sanders, who himself placed on the committee at least one member, Cornel West, who has attacked Hillary Clinton quite strongly. The Clinton campaign did not request his removal.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Friday reported that the Sanders Campaign ended it “letter with a threat. If the Committee doesn’t kick Gov. Malloy and Barney Frank out of those leadership positions the Sanders campaign will essentially grind the process of the convention to a halt.”
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