“Brothers and sisters, this is the real world that we live in”, Sanders pleaded with the crowd.
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“We had a couple people who probably destroyed their career, but who knows”, Trump said.
As the boos and chants of “Bernie!”
Also unclear was whether Sanders would release his delegates and back Clinton by acclamation or whether the Sanders’ loyalists would demand a roll call on Kaine’s nomination amid concerns that he is too centrist.
Hoo boy. Despite the popular belief that the Republican National Convention was going to be an historic mess because of some fairly widespread dislike among delegates for Donald Trump, Day One of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia is shaping up to give Republicans a run for their money in terms of disunity. He said a Donald Trump presidency wouldn’t be any worse than what’s happening now.
Executives and staff of Wells Fargo Bank have been among the largest contributors to Mrs Clinton’s campaign since the beginning of 2015, according to official returns lodged with the US Federal Elections Commission. All things considered, this is becoming a much more controversial convention than the Republican National Convention. It also sapped some of her energy coming out of Trump’s chaotic convention last week and the well-received rollout Saturday of her running mate, Virginia Sen.
On Monday morning, Wasserman Schultz struggled to be heard above boos as she spoke to the delegation from her home state. Others held “Bernie or Bust” signs. She was referring to DNC emails leaked by WikiLeaks that showed executives disparaging the Sanders campaign. Senior Clinton and Sanders aides huddled throughout the evening in the convention center’s boiler room and on the floor, strategizing about how to prevent an embarrassing display of discord when the convention’s prime-time schedule begins – and features remarks from Sanders, First Lady Michelle Obama and Sen. Bernie Sanders supporters expect about 3,000 protesters will join them in a march from City Hall to a park near the convention site in the afternoon.
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta added fuel to the debate Monday, saying there was “a kind of bromance going on” between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump.
The FBI said on Monday it would investigate the nature and scope of the hack.
Trump gloated at the Democrats’ opening day disorder.
Journalists were advised shortly after 7 p.m. ET that the media tent, which was set up as a workspace for the hundreds of journalists on hand for the convention, was not suited to withstand a direct lightning strike. The survey was conducted July 22-24 and had a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
Clinton also noted to her largely male audience that she is the first woman to be the presidential nominee of a major political party and acknowledged “it takes a little getting used to, even for me”.
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At least one national opinion poll showed Trump benefiting from a convention “bump” and pulling just ahead of Clinton, having lagged her for months.
