Bernie Sanders during the primary season, enraging die-hard Sanders supporters who have long claimed that the DNC had its finger on the scale throughout the primaries.
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign sought to squelch a political firestorm over hacked emails that deepened dissent among Bernie Sanders’ loyal supporters, turning to some of the party’s biggest stars Monday to heal divisions on the Democratic convention’s opening night. He said a Donald Trump presidency wouldn’t be any worse than what’s happening now.
Clinton’s campaign didn’t hesitate to make the connection, with campaign manager Robby Mook saying cyber experts believed “Russian state actors were feeding the email to hackers for the objective of helping Donald Trump”.
“Bienvenidos a todos, bienvenidos a todos en nuestro pais, verdad, por que somos americanos, todos”, said Kaine, which translates to: “Welcome to everyone, welcome to everyone in our country, right, because we’re all Americans, all of us”. The New York businessman was formally nominated for president at a chaotic Republican convention in Cleveland last week.
When Sanders mentioned Wasserman Schultz’s resignation, his supporters cheered wildly.
Now, Bernie delegates are actively discussing the possibility of revolt.
The Philadelphia Fire Department says that nine people in town for the Democratic convention have been treated by emergency responders. Yesterday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, said Russian hackers are explicitly trying to get Clinton’s opponent, Donald Trump, elected in November.
The DNC email leak may have made the task of achieving party unity far more hard.
“To tell us to do that”, said Ryan Lopez, a California delegate, of Sanders’ request, “it goes against everything that we’re fighting for”.
Estabrook lamented the “subversion of democracy by the DNC”, and argued that there are many states that Hillary won that Bernie really should have won if there hadn’t been what he called “election fraud”.
“I do care that my state has been ignored”, Jacobs said.
The hackers, whoever they are, have reportedly been infiltrating the DNC for at least a year, and U.S. officials expect more data releases. “They don’t want us to stop”.
As Democrats begin their convention with an expanding divide within the party, former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, (D-Ohio), weighed in on what Hillary Clinton and the party leadership should do to unite the party. But the DNC email leak may have made the task of achieving party unity far more hard. He stunned the Clinton campaign with his broad support among young people and liberals, as well as his online fundraising prowess.
Clinton said America must be firm but fair when dealing with its rivals, including North Korea, China and Russian Federation.
“I am exhausted of voting based on people putting fear in our hearts”.
Some delegates felt crushed. “I don’t like being asked to support Hillary”.
Neville Blakemore, a superdelegate from Kentucky who is backing Clinton, said it was appropriate for Wasserman Schultz, a USA representative from South Florida, to resign Sunday as chair of the party.
Recent polls have shown that the electorate as a whole is divided on which would perform better on national security issues. But that doesn’t mean that everyone will.
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But the message didn’t seem to resonate, at least not with all the delegates. The Republican-turned-independent business mogul could boost Clinton’s appeal to independents and potentially deliver a powerful message to voters discouraged about the economy. It may also be a test of how much influence the senator ultimately has over his most ardent supporters.
