Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., march during a protest in downtown on, Monday, July 25, 2016, in Philadelphia, during the first day of the Democratic National Convention. It all made last week’s disunity at the GOP convention in Cleveland look like an episode of “Downton Abbey” compared with the Democrats” “Mad Max: “Fury Road”. Sarah Silverman, a comedian who backed Sanders in the primary, put the message most succinctly and most bluntly. Some in the crowd shushed Sanders supporters when they began chanting during first lady Michelle Obama’s speech.
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But on the convention floor Monday night, Sanders said Clinton “must become the next president of the United States”, based on her ideas and her leadership. She said she was ready to elect Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton and her vice presidential pick, Sen. So this is a very vocal minority. “How we insist that the hateful language they hear from public figures on TV does not represent the true spirit of this country”.
And veteran singer-songwriter Paul Simon took to the stage to sing the Simon and Garfunkel classic from 1970 “Bridge Over Troubled Water” whose lyrics could apply to many a political party.
The first lady discussed raising her children in a White House that was built by slaves. Let me give you the bad news: The women.
“We have Sanders delegates like myself trying to soothe the relationship between the people who are reacting emotionally and the party”.
Many Sanders supporters have expressed anger and disappointment over his decision to endorse Clinton; many view him as a sell-out for buckling under what they view as political pressure.
“Our job now is to see that strong Democratic platform implemented by a Democratic-controlled Senate, by a Democratic House, and a Hillary Clinton presidency”.
By all means Trump should be pressed to elaborate on how he sees Putin and how his policy toward Russian Federation would differ from that of President Obama and Hillary Clinton. That is what this campaign has been about.
MI delegate Charles Niswander, 28, said he and other Sanders delegates would never line up behind Clinton.
U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., defended embattled Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Tuesday morning, saying she should not be held responsible for private emails of others in her organization. How will the almost 1,900 Bernie Sanders delegates handle it? And nearby, Sanders delegates wore blue tape over their mouths in protest.
With Bill Clinton tonight’s featured speaker, the reaction to him from the audience will be interesting, especially given how much the Democratic Party has changed from the 1990s, as our colleague Beth Fouhy observes. From NAFTA to “Down with TPP”.
His movement not only forced issues on the agenda, most notably the injustice of a country with such potential being so monstrously rigged in favour of a tiny elite, but it has dragged the Democrats’ policy platform to the left: from the minimum wage to the war on drugs.
What was expected to be a tightly orchestrated convention, run with all the professionalism and experience that were lacking at Trump’s often-chaotic affair in OH, instead showed its rough edges in the early going, starting with chants of “Bernie” during the opening invocation and boos at numerous mentions of Clinton’s name. One question of the day was whether Sanders would press for a count by all the states, as his delegates want, or interrupt the process to ask that her nomination be approved by acclamation.
Over the weekend, Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, seemed to connect those dots in an interview on CNN.
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Meanwhile, Anastasia Somoza, who has cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia, responded to Trump’s mocking of a New York Times reporter with a disability in November 2015. Many at the Bernie or Bust rally argued that one failed Trump administration would be better than giving Clinton the chance to control the Democratic Party for two terms.
