He was speaking later Monday and as the evening dragged on, the signs of dissent were less visible.
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Sanders was aware of it. His people knew about it. Hillary Clinton understood it too.
The disclosures prompted the resignation of DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on the eve of the party’s convention in Philadelphia, where Clinton is expected to officially accept the nomination for president.
During her speech Monday to about 150 delegates and activists from Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz was drowned out by booing from the Sanders supporters.
She forgot to gavel in the proceedings and had to go back out on stage to lower the boom. At one point, there were chants of “Let her speak!”
“The party can’t function when you have someone like that”, says that same Bernie supporter. He stressed that the accomplishments and progress would be lost if Clinton doesn’t win. He stunned the Clinton campaign with his broad support among young people and liberals, as well as his online fundraising prowess.
“I came in Saturday morning early and I met with his delegates and I told them on behalf of the party I wanted to apologize for the salacious, insensitive, very mean-spirited emails”, said Donna Brazile, interim DNC chair.
The emails-which show how party officials worked against Sen. Tim Kaine. He said most viewed Kaine as not progressive enough and that there had been discussion about a variety of protest actions at the convention, including walking out.
“You will see me every day between now and November 8th on the campaign trail, and we will lock arms and we will not stand down”, she insisted. Still, that is better than boos from the Bernie delegates when the TV cameras are on and the whole country is watching. Sanders did his part to tamp down the controversy, sending an email to his delegates asking them to do him a personal courtesy not to disrupt the evening.
Sanders’ appeal was enough for Deborah Adams, of Cheraw, South Carolina, who served as a whip for the 14 Sanders delegates from her state’s delegation.
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“I’m proud that, in the Democratic platform that was passed a few weeks ago, we are making some real progress”, Sanders said on CNN Sunday.
