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'''Thomas Edward "Tom" Perez''' (born October 7, 1961) is an American politician and Chair of the [[Democratic National Committee]] since 2017. A member of the [[Democrat Party]], Perez was the [[Secretary of Labor|United States Secretary of Labor]] under [[Barack Obama]] from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States [[Department of Justice]].

'''Thomas Edward "Tom" Perez''' (born October 7, 1961) is an American politician and Chair of the [[Democratic National Committee]] since 2017. A member of the [[Democrat Party]], Perez was the [[Secretary of Labor|United States Secretary of Labor]] under [[Barack Obama]] from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States [[Department of Justice]].

Perez was a major player in rigging the nomination for [[Hillary Clinton]] as the party's nominee in [[2016 Presidential election]].<ref>http://observer.com/2017/02/dnc-chair-candidate-tom-perez-admits-democratic-primaries-rigged/ </ref> In early 2017, he was recruited by [[racist]] and [[Islamophobic]] elements of the party's leadership to challenge the frontrunner, Rep. [[Keith Ellison]], for the party's chairmanship. As the consummate establishment insider who [[subversion|subvert]]ed [[Bernie Sanders]]' supporters, Perez was able to rig the election of himself as Chair, again subverting the aspirations of [[Progressive]] Democrats.

Perez was backed by the Obama/Clinton faction of the Democrat Party running against Rep. [[Keith Ellison]], who was endorsed by [[Bernie Sanders]].

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