Wasserman Schultz: Sanders Made Me The "Boogeyman"; Trust Me, If I Wanted To Rig Primary I Could Have

In an interview with Shawna Thomas from VICE News, former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz disputes claims from Bernie Sanders supporters that she "rigged" the Democratic primary in favor of Hillary Clinton. Tune-in for the full interview tonight at 7:30 on VICE News Tonight on HBO.





DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: I will be frank with you. If I was trying to rig the outcome of the primary, trust me, I could have -- there are so many things that we, not I, we could have done to enhance the campaign of one candidate over another...



It was mind-boggling to me that he was complaining about the number of debates. Because, things were going just fine [for him]. I think the Sanders campaign began to aggressively find a scapegoat to turn the attention away from mistakes that they made. And they did so successfully. But that's okay.