The revelation of these emails, days before the convention, has intensified Sanders supporters’ distrust (and disgust) of Clinton in Philadelphia.
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“It tells me that she’s made herself highly unpopular”, Canova said.
A loud crowed interrupted the first moments of the Democratic National Convention with a loud objection to the mention of Hillary Clinton’s name. Emails related to DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s trip to Alaska were part of the release.
Wasserman Schultz is expected to step down at the end of the week after tendering her resignation.
The drama played out on an oppressively hot day in Philadelphia that gave way to violent storms in the evening that included torrential rain, lightening and high winds that forced the evacuation of the media filing center. But he says a Democratic president is more likely to help poorer citizens than a Republican and that Donald Trump “has to be stopped”. He made that case on Twitter in the hours ahead of his speech.
Some New York Democrats, though, said they are hopeful that Sanders’ supporters will join Clinton delegates in the common goal of defeating Trump in November.
But the tension was on full display as the convention programs got underway. She has since come out against the deal. Finally, one delegate seized an open microphone.
Some in the room, though, jeered and booed when Sanders called on his supporters to back Clinton.
Aderhold said he’ll vote for Clinton.
But when Sanders urged his delegates to back the Clinton-Tim Kaine ticket, there were boos and chants of, “We want Bernie”. “As Democrats, we want to speak with one voice”. “I expect a much more positive message this week than what we saw and heard coming out of (the Republican convention in) Cleveland last week”.
“He has to show that he is 100 percent behind Hillary”, the delegate said.
“He’s just sort of given up”, Trump said.
With the Democratic National Convention underway, the Democratic National Committee issued a formal apology to Sen.
“On behalf of everyone at the DNC, we want to offer a deep and honest apology to Sen”.
Sanders backers remain angry at the disclosures from leaked Democratic National Committee emails showing party leaders favoring Clinton over Sanders. “The DNC does not – and will not – tolerate disrespectful language exhibited toward our candidates”. Individual staffers have also rightfully apologized for their comments, and the DNC is taking appropriate action to ensure it never happens again.
The DNC is facing questions about whether it could have done more to limit the damage done by hackers suspected of working for Russian intelligence.
“What we’re going to be talking about is how to build on America’s greatness, and how to address the real problems that we know that we have”, he said.
He said he was waiting until after Sander’s prime-time speech on the convention floor in the evening to determine whether Democrats will get behind Clinton.
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Canova thinks Clinton may be hurting her presidential campaign in Florida by standing with Wasserman Schultz.
