When did Sanders's endorsement of Mello

morph into the DNC's embrace of the candidate? Perez's statement that "every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman’s right to make her own choices about her body and her health" was explained this way in the Huffington Post.

Perez’s statement follows the DNC’s controversial embrace of Heath Mello, a Democratic mayoral candidate in Omaha, Nebraska, whose years-long history of voting against abortion rights in the state Legislature drew fire from progressives this week.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-tom-perez-abortion-rights_us_58fa5fade4b018a9ce5b351d?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Why is the HuffPo story framed in a way that leads readers to conclude that progressives put pressure on the Democratic party to do the right thing? That's not how this happened.

NBC News gets the story right.

The tensions (between Sanders and the DNC for Sanders's reluctance to endorse Ossoff) were further elevated by the fact that Sanders praised a mayoral candidate in Omaha, Nebraska, who was revealed to have a mixed record on abortion.

At Sanders' request, the DNC added a stop on the tour to promote Health Mello, prompting backlash from pro-choice groups and accusations that Sanders was applying a double standard — or perhaps a loyalty test — about what it means to be a progressive.

Perez, who skipped the Omaha stop in order to campaign for Ossoff, had to put out his own clarifying statement Friday.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/democrats-vs-trump/bernie-sanders-clarifies-support-jon-ossoff-after-dustup-n749491