Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the U.S. representative for Florida's 25th congressional district, first elected to Congress in 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, Wasserman Schultz was elected chair of the Democratic National Committee in May 2011, replacing Tim Kaine. On July 28, 2016, she resigned from that position after WikiLeaks released leaked emails showing that she and other members of the DNC staff had favored Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primaries in exchange for funding to eliminate the DNC's remaining debt from the 2012 presidential campaign.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz was one of 22 Democrats who voted with Republicans to endorse a resolution censuring squad member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) for "promoting false narratives" about the October 7 Hamas attack and "calling for the destruction of the state of Israel."