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US DEMOCRATS have picked rightwinger Chuck Schumer as their leader in the Senate, where they have a minority, showing the party is still in denial about the reasons for their election defeat.
Leftwinger Bernie Sanders, whose presidential nomination bid was sabotaged by party apparatchiks, was on Wednesday denied the prestigious post, which became vacant after veteran Harry Reid stepped down after 29 years as a senator.
Mr Sanders has instead been made the Democrats’ outreach chief and will hold focus group meetings of leaders around the country on why billionaire Donald Trump defeated Wall Street favourite Hillary Clinton.
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