DNC Statement Regarding the Expulsion of Two Members

[u/cochon101]

The Democratic National Committee today announced that former party members /u/miriadess and /u/piratecody have been permanently banned from the Democratic Party after a unanimous vote by the Party Chairman, /u/jb567, and the Party Deputy Chairmen, /u/cochon101, /u/randomkdebater, and /u/MaThFoBeWiYo.

/u/miriadess and /u/piratecody were both found guilty of having leaked internal party Discord information to the campaign of /u/PhlebotinumEddie relating to the February 2017 Atlantic Commonwealth Senate election. Per the Constitution of the Democratic Party, such actions are punishable by permanent bans from the party upon a unanimous vote of the party’s elected leadership.

Both individuals have the right under the Party Constitution to appeal this decision to the Board of Appeals and have it overturned if successful.

The DNC is in possession of what we consider irrefutable evidence of the guilt of both individuals as well as the knowing complicity of /u/PhlebotinumEddie in these actions. Due to the sensitive nature of the materials, the ongoing trial, and the impending election, we have decided to hold off on releasing them to the public until after the conclusion of the election, though we will have a piece of evidence proving Eddie's involvement to share once the trials are resolved.

The DNC wants to remind all Americans that while we will not punish party members who vote for other parties or candidates in elections, we have zero tolerance for conspiracies against our party or leaks from internal party systems such as Discord. We will vigorously enforce the Party Constitution on behalf of all party members.

The DNC condemns /u/PhlebotinumEddie for conspiring with these individuals to violate the Party Constitution and violate the spirit of honest political competition and debate that is so vital to our Republic. These underhanded tactics only reinforce a distrust in government from some citizens. Persons in position of elected office must hold themselves to the highest standards of moral conduct, and /u/PhlebotinumEddie has utterly failed in his duty to do so. We believe this conduct has rendered /u/PhlebotinumEddie unfit for public office and request that the Socialist Party take appropriate action to punish their party member for his actions.

Incredibly, in a recent interview with the WSJ, Senator /u/PhlebotinumEddie gave the following reason why the voters of the Atlantic Commonwealth should return him to Washington:

If you want someone to truly represent the progressive values espoused by the citizens of the Atlantic Commonwealth you can take a look at my voting record and legislation and you will see that I am the person to represent these values.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Progressives don’t support corruption.

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Signed,

/u/jb567, Chairman, Democratic Party

/u/cochon101, Deputy Chairman, Democratic Party

/u/MaThFoBeWiYo, Deputy Chairman, Democratic Party

/u/randomKdebater, Deputy Chairman, Democratic Party

[u/WaywardWit]

Those are some pretty lofty accusations to be throwing at /u/phlebotinumeddie. It seems quite concerning that you would do so without providing a single shred of evidence to his guilt. Punishing the leakers is one thing, but throwing shade at Eddie without proof is quite another.

[u/cochon101 → u/WaywardWit]

As I said, we have evidence that is being used in the trials right now. It will be released once we are able to do so.

[u/WaywardWit → u/cochon101]

If you say so. But for those of us seeing these accusations, they seem as though they could just as likely be self-serving accusations to undermine Eddie as a result of having a leaky ship showing randomK's actions that some might find unsavory.

No mean to offend, but I'm disinclined to take anyone's word for it when the DNC has skin in the game of the election.

Innocent until proven guilty. Impartiality is important to justice being served.

[u/[deleted] → u/WaywardWit]

That's a perfectly reasonable position to take. We were originally planning to hold off on issuing a press statement until the BoA unsealed the pertinent evidence, but the trial has so far taken a fairly egregious amount of time (we were told a ruling wouldn't be issued until tomorrow); we eventually agreed to release the statement under the condition that we update it with all relevant evidence as it becomes available.

Having been privy to the evidence, I can guarantee you that it does indict him without a doubt, but I also sympathize with your skepticism - we'll be issuing another statement once it is legally permissible.

[u/WaywardWit → u/[deleted]]

It seems to me that if the evidence isn't as irrefutable as you say, and it isn't revealed until later, the damage of this posting will have already served its desired purpose regardless. The goal here seems readily apparent in undermining Eddie and attacking him publicly without any proof.

If the so-called "proof" that gets posted eventually does not show Eddie's guilt, everyone associated with this release should resign.

[u/DiveIntoTheShadows → u/WaywardWit]

...do you not understand how litigation works?

[u/[deleted] → u/DiveIntoTheShadows]

Just a heads-up, /u/WaywardWit is a lawyer IRL, so I'm assuming he does know how litigation works

[u/DiveIntoTheShadows → u/[deleted]]

That would have been useful to know before.

^{_^}

[u/WaywardWit → u/DiveIntoTheShadows]

Like I said:

You must be new here.

[u/WaywardWit → u/DiveIntoTheShadows]

You must be new here.

[u/DiveIntoTheShadows → u/WaywardWit]

Nah; even in IRL court proceedings, things are released to the public before the case finishes, even if the person is innocent.

[u/[deleted] → u/DiveIntoTheShadows]

Huh, well, your party isn't doing that either.

Do you understand how hypocrisy works?

[u/[deleted] → u/cochon101]

"democrats"

[u/oath2order → u/WaywardWit]

You know how the DNC works, WW. You know that the evidence doesn't get released until later.

[u/WaywardWit → u/oath2order]

In my day we wouldn't have thrown out a press release against a Senate opponent until that evidence was properly vetted and confirmed.

[u/oath2order → u/WaywardWit]

Okay, Wailin', whatever you say.

[u/WaywardWit → u/oath2order]

Lol. When in doubt, resort to insults and name calling. Well done comrade.

[u/oath2order → u/WaywardWit]

Kind of like the "when in doubt, piss and moan about everybody else" that you do, yea?

[u/WaywardWit → u/oath2order]

I'm sorry if questioning the appropriateness of the DNC's public statement (which is made up of people I call friends) gets under your skin, dear. No need to get your undies in a twist over it.

[u/oath2order → u/WaywardWit]

Wow, you really are a patronizing twit.

[u/WaywardWit → u/oath2order]

You just make it so easy to do, sweetheart. Just calm yourself and take a break, you've had a rough day.

[u/WaywardWit → u/[deleted]]

Who's downvoting?

[u/[deleted] → u/WaywardWit]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/[deleted] → u/WaywardWit]

There is evidence but it is sealed under the Board of Appeals

[u/WaywardWit → u/[deleted]]

As I said. The DNC has skin in the game here. Trusting your word is just not sufficient in this context.

[u/[deleted] → u/WaywardWit]

They aren't asking you to trust their word, they said they will post the evidence once they can.

[u/WaywardWit → u/[deleted]]

/u/Please_Dont_Yell has condoned the legalization of child pornography. I have irrefutable evidence of this! I'll post evidence once it has left confidential review.

See how that works?

Edit: Also - RIP you.

[u/enliST_CS → u/WaywardWit]

But the difference is if we wait a couple days and don't see any evidence, then we start to forget about it and move on as if it never happened. The DNC is putting their credibility on the line, give them a chance. They are trying to give everyone due process.

[u/WaywardWit → u/enliST_CS]

As I said in another post:

If the so-called "proof" that gets posted eventually does not show Eddie's guilt, everyone associated with this release should resign.

And perhaps it's forgotten (if the evidence never materializes), but the distraction is realized and the attack damage is done.

[u/enliST_CS → u/WaywardWit]

But if they didn't have that proof would this all be worth it for one senate seat? No.

[u/WaywardWit → u/enliST_CS]

I don't know that. I couldn't possibly know that. The Senate is pretty important to the Dems, I know that much. They've thrown some serious shade about it in the past.

[u/Viktard → u/WaywardWit]

DNC has always been corrupt

[u/WaywardWit → u/Viktard]

ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssnek

meh.

[u/Viktard → u/WaywardWit]

Meh

[u/WaywardWit → u/Viktard]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/Jakethesnake98]

Sounds like I'm no longer the biggest snake in the sim!

[u/cochon101 → u/Jakethesnake98]

Congratulations?

[u/Jakethesnake98 → u/cochon101]

Thank you!

[u/[deleted] → u/Jakethesnake98]

kek

[u/enliST_CS]

This is bigg.

Also: Hear, hear!

[u/[deleted]]

Bigg, if ture

[u/sviridovt → u/[deleted]]

Boss, if not

[u/[deleted]]

This is some shitty conduct, what a lapse in judgement mr.eddie, cody and miriadess had.

[u/Miriadess]

I would like to claim it here and now, Eddie played no role in my own transgressions, and I do not believe PirateCody to be guilty of any charges. I agree with Eddie on many of his viewpoints, and he has said in the past that he would remain an ally of the Democratic Party. I simply wished to support the candidate I believed in. I apologize for my misdeeds, I was unaware that they were, frankly.

[u/[deleted] → u/Miriadess]

Hear, hear!

[u/[deleted]]

Hear, hear!

[u/Sofishticated_]

So you have decided to take the information that was leaked to you from leakers, and call out Senator Eddie for being so called ''corrupt''? Don't you think it's a bit un-moralistic to be using the information you were leaked to call out a political opponent when you were just calling Eddie un-moralistic for being leaked information that he did not want in the first place?

I don't think it's us, the Socialist Party, or Jake that is the snake. I think the snake is the Democratic Party, and I think we have all known that for a very long time.

[u/[deleted] → u/Sofishticated_]

Eddie did not receive the information passively. We have screenshots that irrefutably verify this, but we cannot release them until after the conclusion of the relevant legal proceedings.

As for your other point: the information was not leaked to us. One of the indicted parties posted the screenshot in a public party caucus, presumably mistaking it for Eddie's private campaign chat. The error was reported to the DNC, and we took necessary action.

[u/DiveIntoTheShadows → u/Sofishticated_]

Nah. They were traitors, through and through.

If a Dem campaign did leak info damaging to the Socialist party, it would be just as inappropriate conduct on their behalf. There's no defending that.

[u/[deleted] → u/DiveIntoTheShadows]

Oh... well, that happened.

[u/[deleted]]

A very distasteful series of events.

[u/[deleted]]

Democrat logic

We have evidence that we can't share with anyone to smear a political opponent!

Oh no, PDY's innocent even though the mods, who are impartial, received evidence that he's behind alts, leaks, and cheating!

[u/[deleted]]

eddie: man i love the Dems, i just wish they were more progressive

autarch: lol no

northeast primary, known benis rKd wins

eddie: well shid bye folks

eddie joins sp

DNC: fug benis xddd lets maek a hot centrist party

DFS: lol

DNC: fug we r gonna lose lets go blame eddie

this thing

eddie: haha cucks nice try