Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina MORE's press secretary defended Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz after a report in The Hill said Democrats are talking about dropping her in the name of party unity.

Brian Fallon panned the “baseless rumors” about Democrats discussing her departure and praised the head of the party, who has been accused of tipping the scales for Clinton and against Sen. Bernie Sander (I-Vt.) in the Democratic primary.

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“Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a very dedicated leader for our party. There is nobody more committed than her to making sure Donald Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE is not the president in November,” Fallon said in an interview Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room.”

He went on to chide the Sanders campaign for its critiques of Wasserman Schultz.

“To be honest, I don’t understand many of the criticisms that Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersNYT editorial board remembers Ginsburg: She 'will forever have two legacies' Two GOP governors urge Republicans to hold off on Supreme Court nominee Sanders knocks McConnell: He's going against Ginsburg's 'dying wishes' MORE has made of Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz,” Fallon said.

“I know he's upset with the superdelegate system, but Debbie Wasserman Schultz did not create those rules and that’s not even the reason he's trailing right now,” he said, before cutting down Sanders arguments about the treatment of his supporters at the chaotic state party convention in Nevada and about the debate schedule.

“On all of these issues that he’s raised, I'm not sure Debbie Wasserman Schultz bears any of the culpability for it.”

Speculation about the chairwoman's position has intensified since The Hill's Tuesday night report, in which one pro-Clinton senator said there had been a number of discussions about “what color plate do we deliver Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s head on.”

Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver suggested that she should step down during an interview with CNN Wednesday morning, where he said that “someone else could play a more positive role” in that position.