Her group backed Sanders but turned to Green Party candidate Jill Stein after Sanders endorsed Clinton. “I’m going to support her run for Congress”.
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Mr Sanders has repeatedly voiced frustration with a Democratic National Committee and party establishment he felt was stacked against him, and the resentment from him and his supporters threatened to disrupt the convention.
DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were both interrupted by boos at separate events.
The DNC follows a whirlwind Republican National Convention, during with Donald Trump officially became the GOP’s nomination for the 2016 presidential race. The truth likely resides somewhere in between, but Wasserman Schultz has been given a safe harbor, having earned a berth inside the Clinton campaign for her troubles.
“I don’t know the substance but I do know there are lots of stuff that we might have to apologize for and that’s why I say you got to own it, take full responsibility and work with the staff to create a different culture at the DNC”, she told CNN. “(Isn’t it ironic they’re doing so much to protect a site named after a bank?) The fence, which appears to be about 8 feet tall, is meant to keep out any individuals with whom Democratic Party leaders, delegates, and other liberal elites would rather not mingle”, The American Mirror said.
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives on stage to name U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) as her vice presidential running mate during a campaign rally in Miami, Florida, U.S. July 23, 2016.
“You know what – it’s the Democratic Party”.
Mrs Clinton’s campaign team has said the hackers who accessed the DNC emails were Russians who want Mr Trump to win the election. “Well, a year has come and gone”.
Even after Wasserman Shultz announced her abrupt resignation on the eve of the Democratic convention kick-off, the Florida congresswoman faces a mounting political headache back home.
The hacking angered die-hard Sanders supporters who have long claimed that the DNC had its finger on the scale throughout the primaries.
Clinton campaigned in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday, serving up a harsh critique of Trump’s foreign policy and what she said was his “trash talk about America”. Wasserman Schultz denied the accusation, but was forced out as chief Sunday.
“She rigged the election from the outset and I don’t think she should be here”, said Sanjay Patel, 39, of Satellite Beach. John McCain rather than vote for nominee Barack Obama in 2008.
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“I do think that right now Mrs. Schultz is a lightening rod, and she’ll probably draw a couple of boos to say the least from Sanders supporters”, Valdez said with a grin.
