Wasserman Schultz rejects NY Times report on voters seeing Democrats as 'slow' and 'passive'

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz , D-Fla., rejected a New York Times report that included research comparing the Democratic Party to “slow” and “passive” animals, telling CNN on Tuesday that she was worried about “human beings.”

“‘Republicans are seen as apex predators like lions, tigers and sharks, beasts that take what they want when they want it. Democrats are typically tagged as tortoises, slugs, or sloths: slow, plodding, passive,'” CNN host John Berman said, quoting a New York Times report that highlighted Democratic researcher Anat Shenker-Osorio’s findings on how people view the Democratic and Republican parties.

“And then a little bit later there was a respondee who said the Democrats are like deer in headlights. How is it that you think that the Democratic Party has earned th