Sanders spoke to the delegates of Hillary Clinton’s home state, who received him enthusiastically, chanting “Bernie, Bernie” over and over.
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The convention debuted Monday to a bumpy start when party Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was forced expedite her resignation due to an email scandal indicating possible party efforts to undercut Sanders’ candidacy.
“It is an honor to be here tonight”, he said, thanking his supporters for their active participation in his campaign.
In what might be a preview of a raucous roll call at the Democratic National Convention, Sen.
“There is going to be a roll call vote”, campaign manager Robby Mook said on NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday.
Other speakers Friday night included first lady Michelle Obama and Massachusetts Sen.
Demonstrators said they weren’t swayed by Sanders’ speech at the convention Monday night, in which he said: “Based on her ideas and her leadership, Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States”.
The news of Mikulski and Lewis’ nomination comes after reports Tuesday morning that the Bernie Sanders and Clinton camps were in talks about Sanders nominating Clinton.
“Hillary Clinton is listening to the scientists who tell us that – unless we act boldly and transform our energy system in the very near future – there will be more drought, more floods, more acidification of the oceans, more rising sea levels”, he said. Thousands of other Democrats booed. That’s what the corporate media wants.
“You know, I’m guessing that when Donald Trump saw Bernie take the high road”, Meyers said, “he immediately emailed it to Ted Cruz with the subject heading, ‘Maybe this next time, a-hole.’ So after a weekend of Democratic chaos, it seems the only one who’s got his eye on the ball right now is Bernie Sanders”.
While asserting “our revolution continues”, Sanders argued that on issues of poverty, immigration, environmental protection and more, Clinton’s election counts. It took several minutes for Hillary Clinton supporters to calm things down.
Non-subtle olive branches were extended early and often: musician Paul Simon even played “Bridge Over Troubled Water”.
“Wow, the Republican Convention went so smoothly compared to the Dems total mess”, he wrote on Twitter.
During a breakfast meeting with California delegates, attendees booed when Sanders said that they need to elect Clinton and defeat Trump. Tim Kaine of Virginia.
She calls the Vermont senator’s campaign “a movement of love”, and says “it can never be stopped or defeated”.
“She stole the election!” someone else shouted.
The emails exacerbated the distrust of Clinton among some Sanders supporters who view her as a Washington insider who is only paying lip service to their goals of reining in Wall Street and eradicating income inequality.
Trump caused alarms last week when he suggested the United States might abandon its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation military commitments if he were elected president.
A CNN/ORC opinion poll gave Trump a 48 percent to 45 percent lead over Clinton in a two-way presidential contest.
In roasting heat, spirited protests unfolded outside, another echo of the Republican convention in Cleveland.
Sanders delegate Angela Rae English of St. Louis also said she expects to back Clinton in November.
Michael Buratowski, an analyst with the cybersecurity firm the Democrats employed, said he found evidence of Russian involvement, such as the use of a Russian-language keyboard and time-offs that coincided with Russian business hours in what he described as an attack too sophisticated to be the work of freelance hackers.
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The party is reeling from leaked Democratic National Committee emails which show nominally neutral party staff trying to undermine Sanders’ campaign and questioning his Jewish faith. Thousands of Sanders supporters protested around the city.
