Faiz Shakir launched a last-minute bid for DNC chair and wants to mold it in to a working class, inclusive organization
Fed up with the status quo, former Bernie Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir launched an 11th-hour bid to become the next chair of the Democratic national committee and is pitching a message focused on the working class to help the party rebuild itself.
“I got into this race late in the game because I felt that a lot of candidates [for DNC chair] are now talking about the Democratic party wanting to be a working-class party, and I’ve been excited for this for the better part of a decade,” Shakir told the Guardian.
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