Wasserman Schultz had planned to be among those taking the stage, despite the email hacking controversy. Wasserman Schultz denied the accusation, but was forced out as chief Sunday.
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It was a blow to Hillary Clinton who arrives in the city eager to show off a united party after a tough campaign against Bernie Sanders.
They’ll appear at public rallies and smaller events.
While Sanders had endorsed Clinton previously, his remarks Monday marked his most vigorous and detailed praise of her qualifications for the presidency. “It is ridiculous”, he said, referring to chants that broke out repeatedly at last week’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland. He added: “Most of us stopped the name-calling thing about fifth grade”. Kaine pushed the political envelope of Virginia, an erstwhile red southern state, in a progressive direction – and won!
On Saturday, as Common Dreams reports, Sanders’ campaign manager Jeff Weaver said DNC officials must be held to account for their behavior during the campaign. “He’s a very nice guy”, Sanders said on NBC’s “Meet The Press”.
Norman Solomon, a Sanders delegate from California, said the choice of Sen.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her running mate Virginia Sen.
During the Eucharist, Kaine, a former tenor in the choir, sang solo on one of his favorites, joined on the chorus by the gospel choir.
His wife spoke briefly at the end of the service, telling parishioners how important they’ve been in their lives.
“Brothers and sisters, this is the real world that we live in”, Sanders told his audience, raising his hand in an effort to quiet them.
But no amount of media hype or Democratic establishment spin should distract us from understanding that the Clinton-Kaine ticket lacks the principled progressive commitment that America needs.
St. Elizabeth’s is a majority black church in Richmond’s Highland Park area.
Warren, a MA senator, and Ohio Sen.
“I’m here because I want you to know whether people vote for me or not, whether they yell at me or not, is not going to affect what I’m going to try to do to help”, Clinton said at the time. “Now, he is going to change his tune, and I understand he is now going to say he is against TPP”.
Sanders still has obvious grievances over how he was treated by the Democratic National Committee during the primary process. “I’m not shocked”, Sanders said, “but I am disappointed”.
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That he knew this early on, Sanders continued, is why he called for DNC chairperson Debbie Wasserman-Schultz to step down from her leadership role in the party.
