Gov. Andrew Cuomo had a full schedule Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention, aimed at showcasing some of his strengths, including supporting LGBT rights and helping the homeless.
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Like so many speakers before him, the former president listed the democratic nominee’s lengthy resume. Her tweet was shared by more than 6,000 people.
Despite a tumultuous opening that saw Sanders and Clinton supporters trade jeers, cheers erupted as Clinton passed the 2,382-delegate count needed for the nomination.
It’s true that Trump doesn’t support the federal minimum wage.
And then in a ritual that spans all 50 states and territories, each delegation cast its votes for Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.
Uniting his supporters to stop Donald Trump was the main theme of his speech.
For Bexar County delegate Kate Summers, a Sanders supporter, it was a rough night.
Because it’s important that the voters of New Hampshire feel that their vote counted.
Bill Benet, a former Monroe County legislator, discusses the Bernie Sanders campaign.
Sanders delegate Martha Medrano summed up the groups feelings, “So there’s the kid in all of us right?” Does the superdelegate system need to be changed? You know, we all believe in magic. It’s always been about what can be achieved by us, together, through the hard, slow, sometimes frustrating, but ultimately enduring work of self-government.
How do you move past those differences? It was a very symbolic gesture; however I think a couple of things have to happen before we achieve unity.
“The cornerstone of his campaign is not economics”, Sanders added. She sure has. And she’s sure been worth every single year she’s put into making people’s lives better. We have a lot to do to rebuild the credibility of the DNC. That’s why I chose to remain neutral in the primary in New Hampshire until after the primary was over and the delegates had been chosen. Even when the headlines, like the Sacramento Bee’s – noted that “Clinton shatters last political glass ceiling” – they still ran a photo of Mr. Clinton in front of the crowd. “I would have been much happier if she picked a much more progressive VP nominee”.
That was President Bill Clinton’s job. “I was still in awe after more than four years of being around her at how smart and strong and loving and caring she was and I really hoped that her choosing me and rejecting my advice to pursue her own career was a decision she would never regret”, he said.
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She walked the whole length of the library, came up to me, and said, “Look, if you are going to keep staring at me, we at least ought to know each other’s name”.
