In a brief phone conversation with the Sun Sentinel newspaper of Ft.
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A worker adjusts the sign for the NY delegation on the floor as preparations continue ahead of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 24, 2016.
She added that Clinton knows changes need to happen to President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, and contends Clinton will do it the right way. At a news conference Sunday, Sanders delegate Norman Solomon, 65, of Point Reyes Station, California, said many of Sanders’ liberal supporters were disappointed in Clinton’s vice presidential pick of Virginia Sen.
The tensions reached fever pitch in May, when Wasserman Schultz openly criticized the Vermont senator’s response to a chaotic scene involving Sanders supporters in Nevada and even compared the situation to a “Trump rally”.
The four-day convention is being held at the Wells Fargo Center in south Philadelphia, well removed from City Hall and the skyscrapers of Center City.
But after Wasserman Schultz spoke on Monday at a meeting of Florida Democratic delegates and was booed heartily by Sanders supporters, it looks like it was decided that her presence at the opening of the convention might be too much of a distraction. While she deserves thanks for her years of service, the party now needs new leadership that will open the doors of the party and welcome in working people and young people. Then the convention could become the Clinton promotional blitz her campaign – and Wasserman Schultz -worked so hard to build.
Former Sen. Bob Graham vouched for Wasserman Schultz.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday it is probing what it described as a “cyber intrusion” at the Democratic headquarters that resulted in the WikiLeaks disclosures, to “hold accountable those who pose a threat”.
Clinton campaign officials pointed the finger at Russian military intelligence agencies.
“We have a common enemy”, Wisniewski said.
Donald Trump on Monday dismissed as a “joke” claims by Clinton’s campaign that Russian Federation is trying to help Trump by leaking the emails. Party officials learned in late April that their systems had been attacked after they discovered malicious software on their computers.
Thousands more are expected at protests and marches through the week.
Republicans relished Democrats’ pre-convention tumult, just days after they bumped and bumbled through their own gathering. Tim Kaine. He said most viewed Kaine as not progressive enough and that there had been discussion about a variety of protest actions at the convention, including walking out.
Still, Sanders delegate Courtney Rowe, 34, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said “we are not here to disrupt for the objective of disruption”.
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Ohio’s Michael Skindell, a Sanders delegate, said Monday he planned to “strongly support the nominee of the party”. She had been a CNN political commentator, but CNN and Brazile have mutually agreed to suspend their contract, effective immediately, although she will remain on air during the convention week in an unpaid capacity, CNN said.
