The Top 5 Most Shocking Revelations from the DNC Leaks

Just in time for the Democratic National Convention, WikiLeaks gave an unprecedented look into the Democratic Party’s practices by releasing nearly 20,000 emails. These emails came from the accounts of seven DNC officials, and were sent between January 2015 and May 2016.

Here are the 5 most shocking revelations from the DNC Leaks:

5. DNC officials had nicknames for certain demographics, such as the Latino community. One official referred to recruiting Latino voters  “Taco Bowl Engagement.” In an email with the subject “Trump isn’t trying to bring people together,” the officialwrote, “Attached is a script for a new video we’d like to use to mop up some more taco bowl engagement, and demonstrate the Trump actually isn’t trying.”

4. The leaked emails revealed a close relationship between the mainstream media and the Clinton campaign. In one email that was forwarded between DNC officials, their communications director wrote, “Vogel gave me his story ahead of time/before it goes to his editors as long as I didn’t share it. Let me know if you see anything that’s missing and I’ll push back.” He was referring to Politico reporter Ken Vogel, who sent a copy of his story on Hillary Clinton’s fundraising practices to the DNC before he sent it to his own editors, in order to give both the committee and the Clinton campaign time to coordinate a response when the story was published.

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