They chanted “No!” and “Bernie!” at the mention of Clinton’s name nearly as soon as the convention was gaveled to order despite a text Sanders sent earlier asking his backers to refrain from Clinton protests “as a personal courtesy to me”.
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During Sander’s speech which closed the day’s prime time events, Sanders said Hillary Clinton will make – in his words – “an outstanding president”.
Sanders then took swings at Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump, accusing him of dividing up America and not understanding the problems that average Americans face.
Inside, Sanders delegates booed anyone who told them to support the presumptive nominee.
Mrs. Obama, who has spent almost eight years in the White House avoiding political fights, took numerous swipes at Trump, all while avoiding mentioning him by name.
“I think every delegate should follow Senator Sanders’ request”, Adams said.
Accusing Moscow of interfering in United States presidential elections, Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook said Russians hacked the party national committee’s computer system and released the emails to help her Republican rival, Donald Trump. Delegates who had booed the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency earlier in the day seemed to accept Sanders’ plea to support her against Donald Trump in the November election. “This is the real world that we live in”.
But he quickly emphasized where he and Hillary Clinton come together, as pointed as out by Robert Reich, who was Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton. “She stole the election!” someone else shouted.
Hillary digitally weighed in on her own convention, tweeting up a storm and quoting FLOTUS, Elizabeth Warren, and, perhaps most prominently, Bernie Sanders. “We become stronger when men and women, young and old, gay and straight, native-born and immigrant fight to create the kind of country we all know we can become”, he said. In an email earlier in the day to delegates, he said the credibility of his movement would be “damaged by booing, turning of backs, walking out or other similar displays”. That’s what the corporate media wants. Trump “ripped off people”, Podesta said.
Several speakers pleaded for peace between the Democratic factions.
In a particularly awkward moment, comedian Sarah Silverman told Sanders supporters chanting his name, “You’re being ridiculous”.
His name is Barack Obama, and he went on to become a USA senator and then president.
The day began as Rep. Marcia Fudge, from OH, was shouted down many times as she tried to get through some procedural motions.
As the convention opened, the Democratic National Committee issued “a deep and honest apology to Senator Sanders, his supporters, and the entire Democratic Party” for the email flap and said it would take action to ensure it never happens again.
The platform was ratified at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) which kicked off on Monday.
Martin Dunleavy, 60, the whip for the 27 Sanders delegates from CT, a state that went for Clinton, suggested time would heal the political wounds.
The Vermont senator also hit on the major themes of his campaign, including income inequality and Wall Street malfeasance, money in politics and universal health care.
The Vermont senator tried to settle roiling tensions between his ardent, left-leaning supporters and the party’s rank-and-file that back Clinton. “We can not have them just go”.
First lady Michelle Obama spoke right before Sanders. She extolled the virtues of the United States, and without naming him, she made the case against GOP nominee Donald Trump. The New York businessman was formally nominated for president at a chaotic Republican convention in Cleveland last week.
Angie Morelli, a Sanders delegate from Nevada, said that it “sucked” to hear Sanders’ speech today. She said that she would forego that honour to avoid disruptions at the start of the convention.
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Sanders further emphasized the Supreme Court justices that the next president would appoint and the influence these justices would have on key issues such as LGBT rights, campaign finance reform and civil liberties. The liberal pundit class has always been generally pro-Hillary, while the lefty resistance is made up of the party’s grassroots supporters.
