Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands at the podium as he tours the Wells Fargo Center during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Monday, July 25, 2016.
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Kent Willis, a Sanders delegate from Gainesville, said he helped organize the protest to draw attention to the party’s unfair treatment of Sanders. Throughout this campaign he has insulted Mexicans and Latinos.
If progressives need more motivation, Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren, a hero to the left, is also scheduled to speak on behalf of Clinton Monday night. Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned Sunday as Democratic Party chairwoman over leaked emails suggesting the supposedly neutral Democratic National Committee played favorites for Clinton during the primaries.
Bernie Sanders tried to calm tensions among his delegates Monday at the Democratic National Convention but some weren’t in a listening mood, seething over a lengthy primary campaign and a damaging email disclosure.
If only Wasserman Schultz was as popular as McKinnon’s impression of her. She won a majority of both pledged delegates and so-called “super-delegates” to the convention after winning a majority of primaries and caucuses.
Feingold plans to remain in Wisconsin during the Democratic convention this week, he said. The campaign also accused Moscow of trying to meddle in the US election and help Trump, who has said he might not necessarily defend North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies if they are attacked by Russian Federation.
A statement from his campaign said his speech on Monday would “make it clear that Hillary Clinton is by far superior to Donald Trump on every major issue from economics and health care to education and the environment”.
“Our party is coming together here to unify to elect Hillary Clinton and defeat Donald Trump, and that’s what you’re going to see today”, he said.
Outside the convention, thousands of Sanders’ supporters are expected to protest party leadership and call for reforms.
Johnson briefly attended the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last week, giving a speech about national security.
Sanders spoke to more than 1,000 of his delegates on Monday, telling them they made history but also urging them to rally around Hillary Clinton.
Wasserman Schultz said she has spoken to President Obama and Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, whom she said thanked her for her service to the party.
“Are we a nation that kicks out a striving, hopeful immigrant like Astrid, or are we a nation that finds a way to welcome her in?” The latest news is that her disgrace is so complete, she will no longer even appear at the Convention.
Former NAACP President Ben Jealous, New Jersey Sen.
“Those who want to eat lunch at the White House next year, they run the other way”, Solomon said.
Democrats had hoped to project an image of unity at the convention, but the emails make that more hard. The Bernie Sanders supporter from MI says despite all the thunder, it didn’t rain too heavily there.
Two new polls showed Trump surging since his nomination last week as the Republican presidential candidate, with a CNN poll putting him three points ahead of Clinton.
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The Democratic National Convention got off to a rocky start Monday, with a major internal row over leaked emails playing havoc with nominee Hillary Clinton’s bid to present a united front against Donald Trump.
