In a version of the scheduled distributed by the Democratic National Convention Committee at 4:04 p.m. ET on Monday, Sanders was speaking in the 9 p.m. ET hour before First Lady Michelle Obama and Sen.
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On Monday, Sanders brought the loudest cheers when he noted that Wasserman Schultz, a U.S. representative from Florida, had resigned as the Democratic National Committee chairman over the email controversy.
“Her resigning doesn’t change anything”, said Brandy Schappell, 33, who attended the climate rally.
The Clinton campaign says Russian Federation favors Trump’s views, especially on North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
Sanders will address the full convention Monday night. “This is democracy at its best”, said delegate Wendy Greuel, the former Los Angeles city controller and a Clinton supporter.
While Sanders has endorsed Clinton, the former first lady faces a hard task attracting his backers as she battles Trump.
Sanders’ followers shouted: “We want Bernie” in a show of anger at both Clinton’s victory in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination and emails leaked on Friday suggesting the party leadership had tried to sabotage Sanders’ insurgent campaign. Every time someone takes the stage and says it’s time to come together and for all of us to get behind the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, there is audible booing in this auditorium, even when Bernie supporters come up and say that.
“I didn’t know anything about it, and I haven’t read any of those [emails], but I am adamantly opposed to anyone bringing religion into our political process”, she stated.
“We’re all Democrats and we need to act like it”, US Representative Marcia Fudge of OH, the convention’s chairwoman, shouted over the uproar.
“We are stronger together in this race and in this fight”, former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter told MA delegates at a breakfast meeting Monday.
“If you don’t believe this election is important, if you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump would nominate and what that would mean to civil liberties, equal rights and the future of our country”, he said.
“It will be interesting to see if Bernie Sanders himself is actually more forgiving about this than his supporters”, notes Mr. Wilson. Efforts to draft her for a White House run past year fell flat, but she maintained her strong standing on the left, with many eagerly watching to see who she whether she would endorse Sanders.
He added that a campaign based on 8 million small donations showed “you can run a competitive national campaign without begging billionaires”.
Treated as a fringe candidate at first, he said to wild cheers, “We are not fringe players anymore”. Our ideas are not insane, wild, utopian fantasies.
Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, a superdelegate supporting Clinton, will speak to South Dakota attendees Tuesday morning.
But Sanders delegate Clara Hart said she remains skeptical of the party’s presumptive nominee.
“It had to be her”, she said.
Shortly after Hillary Clinton suspended her campaign and endorsed then-Sen.
DONALD TRUMP (R), Presidential Nominee: Hillary Clinton knew what was going on. Elizabeth Warren, of MA.
“It’s a slap in the face for Sanders supporters”, said Kenny Madden, a Sanders delegate from Kentucky.
“Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here tonight”, he said. Forty-one people were treated for heat-related issues or other injuries, including from falls, during protests, fire officials said.
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REP. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Chair, Democratic National Committee: We have so much to do and we have to make sure that we move forward in a unified way.
