Elizabeth Warren of MA, a favorite of the party’s liberal wing, as her No. 2.
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Sanders forced the former Secretary of State into opposing the worldwide trade deal she once supported during the campaign, arguing – as Trump trumpeted over and over at the Republican convention this week – that it will cost American jobs.
But the effort was complicated by the publication of 19,000 hacked emails on the website Wikileaks, suggesting the Democratic National Committee had played favorites for Clinton during the primary.
Solomon also told reporters the DNC made Sanders supporters feel unwelcome and questioned why the organization would go out of its way to push out some of its most active voters.
Michael Bloomberg, who was elected mayor of New York City as a Republican, will speak at the Democratic National Convention to endorse Hillary Clinton for president. Clinton reiterated that she set it up because “it was recommended that it would be convenient, and I thought it would be”.
“I don’t call him anything, and I’m not going to engage in that kind of insult-fest that he seems to thrive on”, Clinton said.
Clinton announced that she had chosen Kaine as her vice president Friday night and the pair attended their first joint appearance on Saturday afternoon in Miami.
Trump appeared to relish in the Democratic chaos Sunday, writing, “The Dems Convention is cracking up”.
But in a nod to party liberals, the Clinton campaign said Kaine will not support the final version of the 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership, which is pending in the Senate.
Bernie Sanders says he wishes Hillary Clinton had picked someone like Massachusetts Sen.
“There is no room in this house for cowards”, Hillary Clinton recalls her mother saying when Clinton was a young girl facing some neighborhood bullies.
“Donald Trump may think America’s in decline, but he’s wrong”.
“Welcome to everyone, in our country, because we’re all Americans”, he said. Sanders plans to meet privately with 1,900 of his delegates today and address the convention tonight. Other high-profile speakers include first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden. Democrats said they wanted to convey a message of optimism and improving the lives of all Americans.
Paul Brace, a political scientist at Rice University in Houston, said Clinton’s choice of Kaine, in the short run, “may disappoint the Bernie supporters who want a more progressive VP”. “And I’ll move to Canada”.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is resigning under pressure as Democratic Party chairwoman, a stunning leadership shakeup as party officials gather in Philadelphia to nominate Hillary Clinton.
“I have known Tim Kaine for a number of years …” While Kaine supports the Dodd-Frank legislation that imposes major regulations on the financial industry, he also was one of 70 senators to recently sign a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asking for looser regulations on regional banks and credit unions.
“She’s clearly damaged party unity” with the Kaine choice, added Norman Solomon, coordinator of the national Bernie Delegates Network.
Dwight Bullard, a Florida state senator, said not one of the 70-plus Sanders delegates in his state including himself is happy with Kaine’s selection.
Kaine said he is excited to be part of such a historic moment, noting that the next president will lead the celebration of 100 years since women were granted the right to vote.
How the emails were stolen hasn’t been confirmed.
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“It was concerning last week that Donald Trump changed the Republican platform to become what some experts would regard as pro-Russian”, Mook said.
