--- title: Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign description: Bernie Sanders urged the head of the Democratic National Committee to resign after emails show officials trying to aid Hillary Clinton. canonical: https://time.com/4420912/bernie-sanders-dnc-wikileaks-debbie-wasserman-schultz/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-24T14:43:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:52.424Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign After Leak og:description: Top DNC officials apparently mocked Sanders, according to leaked emails og:url: https://time.com/4420912/bernie-sanders-dnc-wikileaks-debbie-wasserman-schultz/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9985d98041fc4da3/69889f09f887dc0e7be96c48/gettyimages-579193828.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Democratic Presumptive Nominee for President former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign After Leak twitter:description: Top DNC officials apparently mocked Sanders, according to leaked emails twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9985d98041fc4da3/69889f09f887dc0e7be96c48/gettyimages-579193828.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign After Email Leak > Sponsored content. 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The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 24, 2016 2:43 PM UTC Bernie Sanders on Sunday [called for Democratic National Committee](http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/bernie-sanders-calls-wasserman-schultz-resign-wake-dnc/story?id=40824983) chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign after leaked emails appear to show party officials trying to aid Hillary Clinton’s campaign during the primary. The Vermont senator said he was “disappointed” but “not shocked” at what the reported WikiLeaks emails purported to show. Top DNC officials mocked Sanders during the primary race, and at least one email exchange showed officials considered using Sanders’ religious beliefs as a way to hurt his campaign, according to the [New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/us/politics/dnc-emails-sanders-clinton.html?%5Fr=0). “I told you long time ago that the DNC was not running a fair operation, that they were supporting Secretary Clinton,” Sanders told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on _This Week_. “So what I suggested to be true six months ago turned out to be true.” Sanders urged Wasserman Schultz to step down from her post just days before the Democratic National Convention was set to begin in Philadelphia. Wasserman Schultz will not be speaking at the convention in the wake of the email scandal, [CNN ](http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/22/politics/dnc-wikileaks-emails/)reports. 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