In all, 22 San Antonio delegates are in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention; among them, Bernie Sanders supporters who struggle to unite behind Hillary Clinton.
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Yet Lisa Dirado and Ethan Petzel seemed to take it in stride. He opened by spending longer than expected talking about the success of his own campaign and praising his supporters, telling them, “I look forward to your votes during roll call”.
“Together my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform American, and that revolution, our revolution, continues”, he said.
Bernie Sanders is taking the stage later in the night.
“There is only one person I trust with that responsibility, only one person I believe is truly qualified to be president of the United States, and that is Hillary Clinton”.
“And we don’t try to talk each other into it”.
Trump said she could have done better to woo Sanders’s supporters to her campaign. Some of the tape was scribbled with “Silenced by the DNC”.
“I’m confident we are going to be a unified group going into November”.
Bernie Sanders says no one is more disappointed than he is over not being the Democratic presidential nominee.
Sanders told the crowd he is disappointed, but was definitive in showing his full support for Clinton.
Bernie Sanders says the country has made much progress under President Barack Obama but there’s more work to be done.
Sanders also visited Syracuse to campaign for Kingson his failed bid last month to win a Democratic primary for the 24th Congressional District seat.
Near the end of this speech Sanders said his agenda, which had become party of the party platform, needed to be enacted by a Democratic Senate, House and by Hillary Clinton in the White House.
He said that “it is no secret that Hillary Clinton and I disagree on a number of issues” and that is what democracy is about. Rick Trevino, a South Texas delegate, was among them.
Several California delegates protesting Hillary Clinton said they felt her nomination would hand the election to Donald Trump.
But Kaine, a centrist who is seen as close to Wall Street, has little to appeal for Sanders supporters.
The Convention officially started at 2 p.m. with choir performances and the crowd singing “The Star-Spangled Banner”.
It has led to the ouster of Democratic Party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and an apology from party leaders.
Alluding to the threat of a Trump presidency, he reiterated his support for Clinton.
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Fealk said he viewed the emergence of hacked DNC emails, which suggested favoritism of Clinton, as a revelation and evidence of the party’s disrespect for progressives.
