Some marched to a media tent just outside the Wells Fargo Center and staged a sit-in.
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At least three people clambered over perimeter fences and were arrested.
The Democratic Party has been wracked by discord since a trove of internal emails were leaked over the weekend.
Many voters, particularly those who supported Bernie Sanders and/or are considering voting for a third-party candidate, have doubted Clinton’s newfound opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and suspect that she’ll pass a slightly more palatable version of the trade agreement when in office. Sanders claimed 1,894 delegates.
“We just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet”, a smiling Clinton declared as she made a surprise appearance on video at night’s end, to the roar of delegates.
He said Hillary had been a political activist since the couple’s early days as law students together. He told a typical Bill Clinton tale: a amusing anecdote about his courtship of Hillary Rodham while at law school.
Hillary Clinton is trying to start over — at a lower temperature, but with grander historical sweep. She is also dogged by low public trust that has most recently been fueled by her use of a private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State. “That is just who she is”.
While Bill Clinton is known as a gifted orator who was a key surrogate in Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, he also risks exposing his wife’s campaign to an ugly fight with Trump over the former president’s extramarital affairs. Delegates weighed in with repeated chants of “Lock her up”. Former president Bill Clinton was the main attraction of Tuesday night’s speaking lineup, but I managed to pick some other winners and losers too. “Real life is complex and hard to absorb”, he said.
His wife, Clinton said, has been inaccurately portrayed as a two-dimensional caricature: “A real change-maker represents a real threat, so you’re only option is to create a cartoon”.
The Hillary Bill Clinton described – putting liners in the drawers of Chelsea Clinton’s dorm room at Stanford – was a side of the Democratic nominee you never, ever see.
Clinton’s speech was a first on various levels.
Trump offered a prebuttal of the speech, posting a series of tweets commenting on the Democratic convention. But her formal rival, U.S. Sen.
And he spent much time on their personal relationship, adding human touches like her repeated refusals of his marriage proposals and how nervous he was at first to talk to her.
“So it is with a full heart that I’m here today to nominate Hillary Clinton to be the first woman president”, she added.
While asserting “our revolution continues”, the Vermont senator implored his restive followers to get behind Clinton.
In a show of unity, Sanders closed the voting by moving to suspend the rules and have the record show Clinton unanimously selected.
Tsegereda Mulugeta, a California delegate and devoted Sanders backer, said Kaine was not progressive enough.
“She will never quit on you”, he said. “This right now, is the greatest country on earth”, she said.
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