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Former Obama labor secretary Tom Perez was elected Saturday as the new chair of the Democratic National Committee despite his refusal to definitively say whether the DNC rigged its presidential primary in favor of Hillary Clinton over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Earlier this month, Perez admitted that Sanders’s supporters believed “that the process was rigged and it was.” He walked back his comments that same day, saying he “misspoke” and that “Hillary became our nominee fair and square.”
During Wednesday’s DNC chair debate, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo pressed Perez three times to clarify whether or not he believes the DNC rigged the primary against Sanders. All three times, Perez refused to provide an answer.