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00:00REGROUPS AFTER THEIR ELECTION SHELLACKING, THE RACE TO LEAD THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE IS ON. FROM THE GREAT CITY OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MARK: TELL US WHY HILLARY CLINTON LOST THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WHEN SHE WON THE POPULAR VOTE BUT LOST WITH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THIS ELECTION, PEOPLE WANTING TO FEEL LIKE THEY MATTERED. THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO HAD BEEN SAYING BLACK LIVES MATTER. YOU HAD YOUNG PEOPLE, EVEN BERNIE DEMOCRATS SAYING THEIR VOICES DID NOT MATTER. YOU HAD WORKING-CLASS FOLKS SAYING DONALD TRUMP IS SPEAKING TO US BECAUSE WE DO MATTER. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS TO GET BACK TO MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WE ARE LISTENING AND WE APPRECIATE THEM AND KNOW THAT THEY DO MATTER. THAT IS WHERE THE FIGHT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS. MARK: WHOSE FAULT IS THAT? >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL. THIS HAS BEEN SIMMERING PROBABLY BE CLOSE -- BECAUSE OUR STATE PARTIES HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT THEY DESPERATELY NEED. THE FRONTLINE OF HAVING A STRONG PARTY IS THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL IN THE STATE PARTY. WE HAVE TO INVEST IN STATE PARTIES. IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE ONLY WAY WE BREAKTHROUGH IS IF WE HAVE A NATIONAL PARTNER THAT CAN HELP US AND PROVIDE RESOURCES, THE TALENT AND KNOW HOW. WE HAVE THE MUSCLE DOWN HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP. JOHN: A LARGE PART OF THE ELECTORATE, THE PART THAT WAS IN FAVOR OF BERNIE SANDERS, LOOKS AT THE WIKI LEAKS E-MAILS AND OTHER PIECES OF EVIDENCE AND SAYS THE DNC WAS CORRUPT AND RIGGED THE ENTIRE PROCESS TO GIVE CLINTON THE NOMINATION. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? >> I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF LONGTIME RELATIONSHIPS PEOPLE HAVE WITH THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, PROBABLY WAS TOO CLOSE. I EVEN HAD A FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE CAMPAIGN. BUT I ALSO HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS ON THE BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN AS WELL. EVEN SOME OF MY STAFF. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE PEOPLE TRUST THE SYSTEM AGAIN. THE ONLY WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS BY SHOWING THEM. SHOW THEM THAT WE RESPECT THEM, THAT WE ARE GOING TO INVEST IN THEM. THAT IS HOW YOU GET THEM TO COME BACK TO THE PARTY. JOE: WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN A CONCRETE WAY TO REASSURE THE PARTY THAT FEEL LIKE THE DNC HAS BEEN STACKED AGAINST THEM? TO MAKE THEM BELIEVE THE DNC WAS PLAYING FAIR GOING FORWARD? >> THE ONE THING IS, GOING FORTH. YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND CLEAN UP WHATEVER HAPPENED AT THAT TIME. ALL YOU CAN DO IS TELL PEOPLE LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AND WORK WITH US TO BUILD THAT. FOR A FEW THINGS, I THINK YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD. INSTEAD OF JUST MAKING THE COPIES AND COFFEE, THEY WANT TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. WE NEED TO ADD A MILLENNIAL CHAIR, ONE OF OUR VICE CHAIRS IS UNDER THE AGE OF 35. THE DNC NEEDS TO ADD THAT VOICE TO THE TABLE SO YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A SEAT. I THINK THERE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO WITH OUR STATE PARTY. WE HAVE TO AMP UP AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE GIVING TO STATE PARTIES SO THEY CAN BE INNOVATION CENTERS FOR THOSE THINGS WE CAN DO ON CAMPAIGNS. WE HAVE A FELLOWSHIP WHERE WE BUILT A BENCH OF TALENT. WE TRAINED ONE PERSON FROM EVERY COUNTY BY HAVING 250 YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE TRAINED TO RUN FOR OFFICE, RUN OUR COUNTY. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS I THINK IF WE DID THEM IN THE STATES WE COULD STRENGTHEN THAT SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU HAVE A CHARISMATIC LEADER LIKE BARACK OBAMA OR HILLARY CLINTON, YOU CAN TOUCH PEOPLE AND GET THE VOTE OUT. MARK: SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE RACE LIKE YOU FORMALLY. HANDICAP THE RACE. WHO IS THE FRONT RUNNER? >> RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE THING. WHOMEVER IS THE NEXT YEAR HAS TO BE A FULL-TIME CHAIR. 24/7 DEDICATED TO RUNNING THE DNC. >> WHO IS THE FRONTRUNNER? >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A FRONT RUNNER. I THINK IT IS WIDE OPEN. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A FRONT RUNNER BECAUSE MANY MEMBERS I'M TALKING TO SAY WE ARE TRYING TO LISTEN TO EVERYBODY. WE WANT TO SEE WHO IS GOING TO BE IN THE RACE. THEN WE WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION. MARK: WELL DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ GO DOWN AS A GOOD CHAIR, A GREAT CHAIR OR A BAD CHAIR? >> THERE WERE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF DEAD BE'S CHAIRMANSHIP -- DEBBIE 'S CHAIRMANSHIP. MARK: LIKE WHAT? >> DO I NEED TO SAY? THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSET WITH THE DNC. DEBBIE WAS HELPFUL HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA BUT A LOT OF FOLKS DID NOT FEEL THAT WAY. I CONSIDER DEBBIE A GOOD FRIEND. I KNOW SHE TRIED BUT IN THE END WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION. JOHN: WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARTY IS TO FOCUS ON THE BASE AND BUILDING UP THE BASE OR FOCUS ON THE CENTER OF THE ELECTORATE. WHERE IS THE FUTURE IN THAT REGARD? >> YOU WIN ELECTIONS BY ADDITION AND NOT SUBTRACTION. THAT IS BASE, THAT IS ALSO REACHING OUT TO WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE IN RURAL AMERICA WHERE WE LOST OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. IT IS ADDITION, NOT SUBTRACTION. DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO DISAPPOINT A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGH -- WHO VOTED FOR HIM.

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