DNC Vice Chair Donna Brazile, a veteran Democratic strategist who will lead the party on an interim basis after the convention, warned more leaked emails, and more apologies, could be coming.
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The statement wasn’t signed by the outgoing DNC head, Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon). Work continues inside the convention hall before the Democratic National Convention, Saturday, July 23, 2016, in Philadelphia. Below is an earlier version.
Many of Sanders’ supporters at the Democratic National Convention remain deeply committed to their candidate, holding demonstrations in Philadelphia and booing mentions of Clinton on the convention floor. 56% of respondents in this poll had an unfavorable opinion of the former Secretary of State.
Karen Bernal, co-chair of California’s Sanders delegation, said she understood the call for unity, “but that is not my job”. The party said the comments do not reflect the party’s values or commitment to neutrality in the primary process.
For now, party leaders tried to make Wasserman Schultz’s exit as graceful as possible.
There were some signs that Sanders’ supporters did not plan to go quietly. Even during the invocation, chants of “Bernie” echoed through the arena. “America’s best days are still ahead of us, my friends”, Ms. Clinton said during a campaign event Saturday in Miami.
They fear supporters may stay home in November, unmotivated by Clinton’s candidacy or out of a belief that Trump can not win.
The latest email scandal has reignited hard-core Sanders supporters who say they won’t vote for Clinton in November.
“No one is giving us direction”, Konst said. “Trump is a bully and a demagogue”.
Jay Parmley of Columbia, chairman of the Richland County Democratic Party and a Clinton delegate, described Clinton’s decision to pick Kaine as a “home run”.
Sanders spoke just after Massachusetts Sen.
Tucker Higgins, for example, says Elizabeth Warren or Tom Perez would have been “more courageous choices” for the ticket.
For Democrats who spent last week throwing stones at Republicans’ troubled convention in Cleveland, the scene was a painful reminder of their own glass house.
“I’m going to do everything I can to defeat him, to elect Hillary Clinton and to keep focusing, keep focusing on the real issues facing the American people”, Mr. Sanders said on CNN. “We’re going to have a convention this week that highlights success stories”.
The kickoff lineup had always been meant to appeal to the party’s restive liberal wing, but that task has become unexpectedly urgent by the trove of 19,000 leaked emails.
Wasserman Schultz has been a lightning rod throughout the presidential campaign for criticism from the party’s more liberal wing, with Sanders repeatedly accusing the national party of favoring Clinton despite officially being neutral. They accused Russian Federation of trying to meddle in the USA election and favoring GOP nominee Donald Trump.
“The new joke in town is that Russian Federation leaked the disastrous DNC e-mails, which should have never been written (stupid), because Putin likes me”, Trump wrote as part of a series of Tweets. Those hackers took at least a year’s worth of detailed chats, emails and research on Trump, according to a person knowledgeable of the breach who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Others at the meeting cheered and clapped for Wasserman Schultz, who is stepping down over the email controversy. Long a controversial figure, by Sunday afternoon she announced she would resign.
But the congresswoman had hoped to still fulfill her official duties in Philadelphia, taking the stage to gavel the convention in and out – scenarios that became untenable by midday Monday.
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Clinton told 60 Minutes in an interview broadcast on Sunday that she doesn’t know what the GOP convention was about, “other than criticising me”.
