The emails revealed a DNC official apparently discussing how to use Sanders’ religion against him to help Clinton ahead of the Kentucky and West Virginia primaries.
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Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, said that the DNC would need to investigate the hack, including checking to see whether any emails were doctored, and that the party would “take appropriate action”.
The statement says the party won’t tolerate disrespectful language. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., to quit as chairwoman immediately.
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“I’ve known Hillary and her husband Bill for more than half my life”, he said in a speech to the Democratic convention Tuesday, delivered just after she officially became their party’s nominee.
As recently as this week, during the DNC, Sanders supporters turned out to show their dedication.
Tim Kaine is among the featured speakers Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Instead, many Bernie Sanders supporters chanted his name, booed Sanders when he endorsed Clinton and even went as far as chanting “lock her up”. Donald Trump, however, has made it clear that he intends to make a serious challenge for the rust belt states including Pennsylvania.
Sanders previewed his remarks during an appearance earlier Monday before supportive delegates. A day later, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden come to Philadelphia. It also sapped some of Clinton’s energy coming out of Republican Donald Trump’s chaotic convention last week and the well-received rollout Saturday of her running mate, Virginia Sen.
Sanders will play a crucial role in determining whether Clinton can calm the tensions.
Solomon said he believes a “vast majority” of Sanders delegates support these kinds of protests to express their dismay.
After his win in the primary, Sanders has 44 pledged delegates to Clinton’s 39.
“Brothers and sisters, this is the real world that we live in”, Sanders said as he tried to quiet the crowd.
It’s also the flawless motto for the Democratic candidates of 2016, who are trying to attract faith-based voters based on the power of their policies more than their preachifying.
Some voters at Friday’s rally said this week’s Republican National Convention inspired them to attend Clinton’s rally in Tampa.
“I don’t see how you run for president of the United States if you spend all your time trash-talking the United States”, she told supporters.
Monday’s convention program is expected to open with some of the party’s biggest political stars, and it will highlight some of the party’s most progressive voices.
The controversy over some 19,000 leaked DNC emails, however, threatened to complicate those plans.
“I want someone with the proven strength to persevere, someone who knows this job and takes it seriously, someone who understands the issues a president faces are not black and white”, Mrs. Obama said on the opening night of the Democratic convention.
“You will never hear me say I only listen to myself on national security”, she said.
Trump dismissed the suggestion in a tweet: “The joke in town is that Russian Federation leaked the disastrous DNC e-mails, which should never have been written (stupid), because Putin likes me”.
A cybersecurity firm the Democrats employed found traces of at least two sophisticated hacking groups on their network – both of which have ties to the Russian government. 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.
And he, too, celebrated the ouster of Wasserman Schultz after the email hack. Long a controversial figure, by Sunday afternoon she announced she would resign.
The Florida congresswoman’s resignation is effective later this week, though she also stepped down from her official convention duties.
Joining Ms Clinton at a rally in the battleground state of Florida, the bilingual Kaine peppered Spanish-language phrases into a speech focused on introducing himself to voters unfamiliar with the low-key USA senator from Virginia.
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Her supporters pushed back, standing on chairs and yelling at the Sanders people to step back or sit down. But it did little to temper their ongoing concerns about the woman at the top of the Democratic ticket.
