MSNBC Panel: Democratic Party Is in ‘Worse Shape’ Than the GOP

MSNBC Panel: Democratic Party Is in ‘Worse Shape’ Than the GOP (The Washington Free Beacon)

The panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday slammed the Democratic Party and its lack of leadership in response to revelations that the Democratic National Committee conspired with Hilary Clinton's campaign during the 2016 primary by handing her team control of the national party and its finances.

Donna Brazile, former interim chairwoman of the DNC, will be releasing a new book next week that sheds light on the missteps of the Clinton campaign and Obama administration that helped enable Donald Trump to be elected president. Politico Magazine published an excerpt from the book on Thursday that revealed the DNC was having severe financial troubles when she took over after the Democratic National Convention last year and that she discovered her predecessor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D., Fla.), struck a deal with the Clinton campaign to oversee DNC spending.

"You have Hillary Clinton, a very ineffective presidential candidate, whose team strangled the DNC and didn't let them do their job," co-host Joe Scarborough said. "They had control over everything the DNC was doing before she was even a candidate and then you have the chairwoman of the DNC actively rigging the process."