On Sunday, July 24, 2016, Wasserman Schultz announced she would step…
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Some of his supporters jeered in disapproval, indicating turmoil at this week’s Democratic National Convention won’t end with the departure of the party chairman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida. She said that his vote for “fast-track suggests to me that he’s willing to advance a process that is undemocratic in order to achieve an objective with this”.
They’ll highlight lesser-known parts of her biography, such as her early work as an activist for children and families, her push to expand federal health insurance to millions of children as first lady and her advocacy for 9/11 first responders as a NY senator.
Sanders pressed for Wasserman Schultz to quit as chairwoman immediately.
The Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday in Philadelphia.
The FBI said Monday it is investigating how the hack occurred. Tim Kaine, accepting Hillary Clinton’s invitation to join her as running mate, cited as an inspiration a Holocaust survivor who died protecting others during a shooting massacre.
Clinton’s campaign hoped the nighttime line-up would overshadow a tumultuous start to the four-day convention. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and offered tepid praise of her choice of Sen.
Sanders’ supporters were upset when Wikileaks released almost 20,000 emails to and from DNC staffers that call the presidential candidate a “damn liar” among other hostilities.
Clinton campaign officials pointed the finger for the hack at Russian military intelligence agencies. “They laughed at Bernie”, Trump alleged.
Mr Trump’s suggestion he might not honour United States security commitments to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies was slammed by Mr Kaine, who also took aim at the billionaire’s casino bankruptcies and failed Trump University.
“Again, I don’t know anything, I don’t know anything about these emails”.
A cybersecurity firm they employed found traces of at least two sophisticated hacking groups on their network – both of which have ties to the Russian government.
Indeed, the convention featured young immigrants speaking of their love for America and labor leaders backing Democratic economic policies.
Trump appeared to relish in the Democratic chaos Sunday, writing, “The Dems Convention is cracking up”. Hillary Rotten Clinton, Rotten Clinton.
McAuliffe pledged to get more Democrats registered to vote before the election, and said he would assure that ex-felons could cast ballots in spite of last week’s supreme court ruling. “People are very willing to say things about me, to make accusations about me that are – I don’t get upset about them anymore, but they are very regrettable”.
He said that it was no coincidence that the emails are emerging on the eve of the convention.
The statement wasn’t signed by the outgoing DNC head, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. He asked for Clinton to be chosen as the party’s nominee by acclimation. I don’t want to – she’s done a good job of letting the, you know, water go off her back on this.
At the Republican convention, Trump cast himself as the law-and-order candidate in a nation suffering under crime and hobbled by immigration, sticking to the gloom-and-doom theme. A senior Trump campaign adviser said Saturday the campaign will this week continue to draw a contrast between the Clinton-Kaine ticket and Trump’s outsider appeal as well as poking holes in Kaine’s record. Back in October, Vice President Joe Biden held a 52% favorable to 37% unfavorable rating in a CNN/ORC poll.
One week ago, Gov. Mike Pence formally accepted the GOP vice presidential nomination in Cleveland. Officials haven’t yet said when, but the running mate typically speaks Wednesday.
“Brothers and sisters, this is the real world that we live in”, Sanders told his audience, raising his hand in an effort to quiet them.
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I think Tim Kaine is well able and capable of doing that, ” Booker-Maxwell said. I think Kaine is immensely brilliant.
