Getty Spokesman: Sanders won’t mention Wasserman Schultz in convention speech

Bernie Sanders will not mention Debbie Wasserman Schultz in his highly anticipated Democratic National Convention address Monday night, his spokesman says, marking a significant development for the Democratic Party after Sanders finally got his way Sunday when she resigned as Democratic National Committee chair.

Even as Sanders’s supporters jeered the Florida congresswoman during an appearance before Florida Democrats on Monday, the Vermont independent himself has no plans to stoke further tensions regarding her ouster — or to spike the football — after his repeated calls for a new chairwoman.


“There's nothing in his speech about DWS. I don't expect that to change,” said Michael Briggs, Sanders’ chief spokesman.

Sanders already hit Wasserman Schultz on her way out Sunday night by maintaining that “the party leadership must also always remain impartial in the presidential nominating process, something which did not occur in the 2016 race.”

Wasserman Schultz is still slated to gavel in the convention, but after the bedlam at her Monday morning appearance, reporters asked Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook whether that would still happen. Mook largely sidestepped the question, though saying the ousted chairwoman had made her plans clear, but that he preferred to talk other aspects of the convention.

"Look, I'm not going to get into, you know — there's a plan in place," Mook said. "She was clear yesterday about what she plans to do. I'm much more excited about the incredible speakers, the talent that's going to be up there tonight, making the case about the choice that voters face than I am concerned about ... What matters here is the message to the voters."