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“This doesn’t bring the party together. It deepens the divide at a time we need all hands on deck.”<\/h3>\n
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“I’m concerned about the optics, and I’m concerned about the impact,” said James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute. (Photo:\u00a0Gage Skidmore<\/a>\/Flickr\/cc)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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October 19, 2017 (CommonDreams.org)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sparking concerns that party leadership is making the same mistakes that have rendered them increasingly powerless and without an inspiring vision, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is reportedly carrying out a massive staff shake-up in which veteran progressives are being purged and “left out in the cold.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m concerned about the optics, and I’m concerned about the impact.”
\n\u2014James Zogby, Arab American Institute<\/span>“This doesn’t bring the party together, it deepens the divide at a time we need all hands on deck,” James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute and prominent Sanders supporter who was ousted from the DNC Executive Committee,\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter Thursday.<\/p>\n

According to<\/a>\u00a0Alex Seitz-Wald of\u00a0NBC News<\/em>, Zogby is hardly alone.<\/p>\n

“[S]everal key longtime officials have lost their posts” since the staff changes began,” Seitz-Wald writes, a fact that many have interpreted as “retaliation for their opposition to DNC Chairman Tom Perez.”<\/p>\n

“The removal and demotion of a handful of veteran operatives stood out, as did what critics charge is the over-representation of Clinton-backed members on the Rules and Bylaws Committee, which helps set the terms for the party’s presidential primary, though other Sanders and Ellison backers remain represented,” Seitz-Wald added.<\/p>\n

Some of the other prominent progressives who have been shifted to less influential positions or removed altogether include:<\/p>\n