She said the party would emerge united for Clinton and Tim Kaine, her vice president pick, to take on Trump.
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Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., march during a protest in downtown on, Monday, July 25, 2016, in Philadelphia, during the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
The Democratic National Convention kicked off Monday without its outgoing Democratic National Committee chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, following a chaotic scene at a morning meeting where she was loudly jeered by Bernie Sanders supporters.
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“We are really excited about what he have planned this week”, said Rev. Leah Daughtry, DNC CEO.
“We reject backing Hillary without some explanation”, Miers said.
The emails-which show how party officials worked against Sen.
From the podium, however, some of Sanders’ allies noted their progress in influencing the party’s platform and moving to reduce the influence of superdelegates, party leaders and elected officials who help decide the nomination. The tone was a sharp contrast to the Republican convention, where the attacks against Clinton was bitingly personal, including chants of “Lock her up”.
The Democratic National Committee has been in damage control mode since Friday, when WikiLeaks published about 20,000 hacked emails.
The frustration some Sanders’ supporters still have with Clinton – a candidate they see as entrenched in a political system they distrust -was evident, with the crowd breaking into a chorus of boos. “To every Republican who said no in Congress, this November the American people are coming for you”.
Sanders says in his speech at the Democratic National Convention that election days come and go.
It is not so unthinkable that a party apparatus might have a favorite in a primary race, particularly when the lead rival is a lifelong independent who only recently turned Democrat.
But Sanders’ aides reached out to the Clinton campaign Monday afternoon to express concerns that the chairwoman’s ouster wouldn’t be enough to keep supporters from disrupting the convention, according to a Democratic official. Bernie Sanders during the primaries. Then she lit into Donald Trump, calling him a man who was born into wealth and maintained it by cheating regular people.
The Miami congresswoman withstood the heckling and boos to deliver her message and show her pride in the Sunshine State. He continued, “By these measures, any objective observer will conclude that – based on her ideas and her leadership – Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States”. The massive email leak showing DNC staffers favored Hillary Clinton during the primary only adds fuel to the fire for delegate Jamie Stewart.
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“Our goal is to bring the Bernie supporters and the Hillary supporters here today in this convention try to bring it together – tonight’s theme is unity”, said Chuck Rocha, senior adviser to the Sanders campaign.
