Donald Trump reacted swiftly to the news that Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz has resigned by dashing off a flurry of tweets.

The Republican nominee called the congresswoman 'overrated,' while commending his own party's leader, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus for being 'tough' and 'smart.'

Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort also chimed in linking the Democrats' leaked emails to their nominee Hillary Clinton's own email scandal, suggesting that Clinton should follow Wasserman Schultz's lead and drop out.

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Republican nominee Donald Trump (left) reacted gleefully to the news that Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schlutz (right) had stepped down

Donald Trump dashed off two tweets to start as he reacted to the news that Debbie Wasserman Schultz was OUT at the DNC

Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation Sunday afternoon on the eve of the start of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

The Democratic chairwoman heeded to the escalating calls for her departure after party emails leaked to Wikileaks and published online showed a bias toward Clinton, over her longtime rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

This morning Sanders repeatedly called for Wasserman Schultz to step down.

''I think she should resign. Period,' he told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos.

Soon other prominent Democratic voices, including longtime Obama adviser David Axelrod, were also suggesting the Florida congressman move aside.

Trump jumped into the fray first tweeting that 'today proves what I have always known, that Reince Priebus is the tough one and the smart one, not Debbie Wasserman Schultz.'

'I always said Debbie Wasserman Schultz was overrated,' Trump continued. 'The Dems convention is cracking up and Bernie is exhausted, no energy left!'

This morning Trump went on a tangent on Twitter about Sanders being exhausted.

'He is trying to dismiss the new e-mails and DNC disrespect. SAD!' Trump tweeted.

In reality Sanders was calling for Wasserman Schultz's head, but at the same time staying firm in his support for Clinton, who he endorsed just 12 days ago.

Shortly after his two initial tweets, Trump wrote that the 'media would go wild' had the Republican convention 'blown up with e-mails, resignation of boss and the beat down of a big player,' he said, writing Sanders' first name in parentheses.

Trump also suggested that Clinton wasn't 'loyal' to Wasserman Schultz because the chairwoman resigned, hinting that the Clinton campaign forced her to do so.

'Too bad Bernie flamed out,' Trump said again.

'Even though Bernie Sanders has lost his energy and his strength, I don't believe that his supporters will let Crooked Hillary off the hook!' Trump tweeted.

Donald Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort (pictured), in an official statement, linked Debbie Wasserman Schultz's current email leak problems to likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton

Switching directions back to his perceived media bias, Trump whacked political reporters yet again.

'The Democrats are in a total meltdown but the biased media will say how great they are doing! E-mails say the rigged system is alive & well!' he wrote Sunday night.

He then moved back to the current scandal.

'The highly neurotic Debbie Wasserman Schultz is angry that, after stealing and cheating her way to a Crooked Hillary victory, she's out!' Trump said.

In a more official capacity, Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort delivered a statement to reporters' inboxes Sunday night.

Manafort said that Wasserman Schultz resigned over her 'failure to secure the DNC's email servers and the rigged system she set up with the Clinton campaign.'

'Now Hillary Clinton should follow Wasserman Schultz's lead and drop out over her failure to safeguard top secret, classified information both on her unauthorized home server and while abroad abroad,' Manafort continued.

PAUL MANAFORT STATEMENT ON DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ'S RESIGNATION FROM THE DNC Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned over her failure to secure the DNC's email servers and the rigged system she set up with the Clinton campaign. Now Hillary Clinton should follow Wasserman Schultz's lead and drop out over her failure to safeguard top secret, classified information both on her unauthorized home server and while traveling abroad. Wasserman Schultz's emails only put the Democratic Party at risk, but Hillary Clinton's emails put all of America at risk. Advertisement

'Wasserman Schultz's emails only put the Democratic Party at risk, but Hillary Clinton's emails put all of America at risk,' Manafort concluded.

The release Friday of 19,000 Democratic National Committee emails exposed conversations between high-level DNC staffers grumbling about Sanders and suggesting ways to derail his surprisingly successful campaign for the White House.

One such exchange captured DNC Chief Financial Office Brad Marshall suggesting that someone should ask about a person's religion, hinting that voters in conservative states like Kentucky and West Virginia might be turned off.

'Does he believe in a God. He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage,' the message said.

'I think I read he is an atheist. This could make several points difference with my peeps. My Southern Baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist.'

Amy Dacey, the committee's CEO, responded in all caps: 'AMEN.

'I am not an atheist,' Sanders said today on CNN in response.

Marshall apologized today.

Last week Debbie Wasserman Schultz trolled Reince Priebus when Republican delegates were getting out of hand on the convention floor at some tried to stop Donald Trump from nabbing the nomination

A hacker by the name Guccifer 2.0 has taken responsibility for stealing the messages from the Democratic Party and passing them along to Wikileaks.

Investigators looking into the DNC leak have pointed fingers at the Russians, though Guccifer 2.0 has said he's a solo actor and denies being Russian.

Talking to reporters in Philadelphia on Sunday, Manafort brushed off charges of Russian influence.

'Obviously we don’t know who’s behind the leaks. I do know one thing. The leaks of this may have put the DNC at risk,' he said.

'But the potential leaks of hacking Clinton’s server sitting unprotected in her home certainly created greater risk than what the DNC leak did,' he added, repeating the sentiment he expressed in his official campaign statement.

Priebus said Sunday evening the the Republican National Committee had 'taken precautions' to protect its emails server.

'What you saw today or yesterday in these email leaks just verified something that we all kind of already knew,' he said. 'We are not sitting here believing the DNC was impartial. They really weren't.'

Last Monday, when members of the 'stop Trump' movement were making a last stand on the Republican National Convention floor in Cleveland, Wasserman Schultz trolled Priebus on Twitter.

'Hey Reince - I'm in Cleveland if you need another chair to help keep your convention in order,' she wrote.

Priebus had no problem today jabbing her right back.

'I know firsthand how hard it is being chair of a national party but when you rig a system and you spread emails around with each other and senior staff in that manner I think this kind of inevitable,' he said Sunday.

The RNC Chairman suggested that there wasn't a way out for Wasserman Schultz, who won't technically give up the position until the conclusion of the DNC.

'I don't think there is any other outcome that was forseeable,' Priebus said.

'Starting out the week by losing your party chairman over longstanding bitterness by factions is no way to keep something together,' he continued.

'I’m not just talking about Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s nomination. I’m also talking about the Democratic delegates who are upset about the selection of Tim Kaine and will never support Hillary Clinton,' Priebus added.

The DNC email leak was a gift to Republicans, who had already set up an elaborate communications center inside Philly’s 2300 Arena.

It’s a hall housed inside a rough-around-the edges warehouse style building that has hosted boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts matches.

Scenes from ‘The Wrestler’ starring Mikey Rourke were filmed here. The RNC couldn’t resist mocking Clinton with a series of props, including a circus-wheel where Clinton wins every time, and a game of corn hole plastered with Bernie stickers.

A billboard lists Clinton scandals large and small, from ‘troopergate’ to Whitewater and Bill Clinton’s impeachment.



