Anderson Cooper: DWS in 'alternate universe'
By Dylan Byers | 9/5/12 9:25 PM EDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- CNN's Anderson Cooper said DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was in an "alternate universe" when she argued that there was no discord over the controversial changes to the party platform regarding "God" and "Jerusalem."
"Debbie Wasserman Schultz said it wasn’t a change of language, that there was no discord that we saw and it was a two-thirds vote. I mean, that is an alternate universe," Cooper said.
Wasserman Schultz had just told CNN's Brianna Keilar that there was no discord and "absolutely a two-thirds [vote]."
"From a reality standpoint... to say flat-out that there was no discord is just not true," Cooper said.
Meanwhile, my colleague Reid Epstein reports tonight that President Obama "had seen the language prior to the convention, a campaign source said, but did not seek to change it until after Republicans jumped on the omissions of God and Jerusalem late Wednesday. And even then, it had to be forced through a convention hall full of delegates who nearly shouted down the change."
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