'I got to make the decision and not you,' quipped Villaraigosa to Joe Scarborough. Villaraigosa: I made voice vote ruling

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough confronted convention Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday over the controversial voice vote that saw “God” and “Jerusalem” put back into the Democratic Party platform.

“The dude needs a hearing aid. That was not two-thirds of the people. They set you up, man. They set you up,” Scarborough said half-jokingly to Villaraigosa on “Morning Joe.”


“Thankfully, I got to make the decision and not you,” quipped the Los Angeles mayor.

On the third attempt at a voice vote, Villaraigosa determined that two-thirds of the Democratic delegates wanted the two elements put back into the platform, but some controversy remains over whether two-thirds actually approved of it.

President Barack Obama, Villaraigosa said, took “decisive action” when he realized God and Jerusalem had been left out of the party platform.

“In counter-distinction to Mitt Romney, who said he didn’t agree with his platform on the issue of abortion, when the president heard about and saw that the plank didn’t reflect who he was, his policies and positions, he said, ‘I want a change.’ That’s decisive action,” said the mayor.

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