Debbie Wasserman Schultz denies party discord as Florida Democrats pick their at-large delegates

Democratic National Convention Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz predicted party unity Saturday night and all but ignored the fracases and growing friction between supporters of Bernie Sanders her the party leadership.

In a speech given at the Florida Democratic Party’s Swing State Blue Gala in Orlando Saturday, Wasserman Schultz, the congresswoman from Weston, focused her attention on Republican apparent nominee Donald Trump and never mentioned the names of the Democrats battling it out, Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Sanders from Vermont.

“I’m confident the convention will be united for a common purpose,” she said in one of the few moments in her speech that suggested anyone was worried about discord.

The Florida Democrats also picked their at-large and elected officials delegates to the Democratic National Convention Saturday.

Party leader and elected official delegates for selected for Clinton: Lori Berman, Cynthia Chestnut, Janet Cruz, Anne Gannon, Audrey Gibson, Mia Jones, Darden Rice, Barbara Shareif, Oscar Braynon, Bob Buckhorn, Buddy Dyer, Andrew Gillum, Philip Levine, Thomas Masters, Wayne Messam, Jean Monestime, Eleanor Sobel  and Jared Moskowitz.

Party leaders and elected officials for Sanders: Deanie Bergbreiter, Cynthia Busch, Amber Cansino, Adriana Gonzalez, Samantha Herring, James Auffant, Dwight Bullard, Alix Desulme, Matt Killen, and Ali Kurnaz.

At-large delegates for Clinton: Ana Cruz, Jessica Davis, Margo Dixon, Wanda Francis, Kat Gordon, Karen Green, Millie Herrera, Ginger Lew, Wendi Lipsich, Lynette Long, Joanne McCall, Deidra Newton, Nan Rich, Ghazala Salam, Isabel Santos, Alex Sink, Freddy Balsera, Vince Cameron, Manny Diaz, Marcus Dixon, Bob Graham, Steven Hall, Alex Heckler, Christopher Korge, Luis Lauredo, Raul Martinez, Deandre Poole, John Ramos, David Richardson, and Christian Ulvert.

At-large delegates for Bernie Sanders: Rose Campbell, Maria Camillo, Sara Coutu, Gillian Edwards Brown, Marissa Lee, Denise Lombardi, Wendy Marie Sejour, Ciera Smith, Kris Zolondek, Thomas Egan, Amos Miers, AJ Nichols, Kirk Root, Nkume Sobe, Bradley Van Waus and Adam Woodhall.