Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that his national political revolution will be localized.
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“We want to be clear”, Lytle said.
The organization lists itself as a 501(c)(4), which allows groups to engage politically but not as a primary activity. The two candidates were having none of that and she was ousted before it began. One of them, Russell Lytle of Denton, spoke hopefully of dialogue with Clinton supporters before taking a sharp turn against the former secretary of state. “We fought so hard for this”, said Abby Davis, a Sanders delegate from Nebraska who was visibly emotional.
“I was very, very vocal when Bernie came out”, Nguyen said.
It was a striking parallel to the role Mrs Clinton played eight years ago when she stepped to the microphone on the convention floor in Denver in support of her former rival, Barack Obama. She has served as a Democratic delegate at conventions in the past.
Cuomo, a Queens native, joked that Sanders will always be a New Yorker.
Many of those delegates were wondering what’s next for Sanders and the loyal liberal movement he built during the past year.
“I understand that many people here in this convention hall and around the country are disappointed about the results of the nominating process … But 90 to 95 percent of Bernie’s supporters are going to vote for Hillary”.
Phillips, Henson and Albert organized an Oklahoma network of Sanders supporters that, at its peak, included 6,000 people.
“You want to feel like you’re getting a fair shake from the Democratic Party and when something like this comes out it really undermines that integrity”, Limon says.
“The Bernie delegates are unanimously committed to supporting the will and the vote of the voters of New Hampshire that we saw in the primary”. Carter, a Dallas resident, said he doesn’t fear a Donald Trump presidency: “I’ve lived under nine white presidents in my lifetime”. “Of course you are”.
Hillary Clinton will now go to head-to-head against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump who has just posted a two-point lead over Mrs Clinton in the latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.
He first said “it’s premature” to say whether he’ll support Clinton after the roll call vote.
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Bill said that if his wife is elected as president, “your children and grandchildren will bless you forever”. After he mentioned how both the White House and Department of State have been hacked and precautions had to be taken, Rose asked if it could be assumed that Clinton’s private email server was similarly accessed.
