Some discouraged Sanders supporters said they were done with the Democratic Party, calling it the “DemExit”.
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Pressed for goals of the protest or hopes to reform the Democratic National Committee, Nelson said several planks “to democratize the party platform were shot down” by the party’s platform committee.
Gabbard, the first Hindu to be elected to the US Congress, underscored Sanders’ popularity and issues he raised during the Democratic primaries in her nomination speech. Some had their mouths taped shut.
“This was not a convention”. In the next 42 minutes, Bill, through the little-known personal stories with Hillary, tried to carve out a picture of his wife as one who could be the most qualified person to lead the country for the next four years. “We were treated like lepers”.
The move by Sanders was an important show of unity for a party trying to heal deep divisions.
They held a midday rally at City Hall, then made their way down Broad Street to the convention site. By early evening, a large crowd had formed outside the subway station closest to the arena.
“I think that this election was rigged”, said Angie Morelli, 33, a Sanders delegate from Nevada.
Sanders, following the role Clinton played eight years ago, asked for his former rival to be declared the nominee by acclamation.
QUESTION: What do you say of USA accusations that Russian Federation hacked the Democratic Party’s e-mails?
“He persuaded no one to vote for Hillary”, said Greg Gregg, a retired nurse from Salem, Oregon, who intends to cast his ballot in November for Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
Vincent Venditti, a Georgia delegate pledged to Sanders, said outside Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center that he considers himself a political independent effective immediately.
A Clinton campaign official said Tuesday’s convention events aim to draw a sharp contrast with Trump. She remembers seeing her mother go to vote for the first time after the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote was ratified on August 18, 1920.
Clinton watched the moment from her home in Chappaqua, in the NY suburbs, purchased after she left the White House but before she became the only first lady to win an election by securing an open Senate seat 16 years ago.
“In my view, it’s easy – it’s easy to boo, but it is harder to look your kids in the face who would be living under a Donald Trump presidency”, he said.
If she defeats Republican nominee Donald Trump, the billionaire real estate tycoon and reality TV star, her presidential term would culminate in 2020, the centennial of the ratification of the 19 amendment, which gave women nationwide the right to vote.
As Scully spoke, a passer-by called out: “That’s a vote for Trump!”
A few hundred of his backers gathered around noon at City Hall with plans to join up in the afternoon with groups decrying police brutality and economic injustice.
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“Occasionally I needed a free meal to get through the school day”, she said, citing what she called Clinton’s commitment to immigrant families like hers. In the latter category was Bill Clinton, who on Tuesday night hailed his wife as “a natural leader”, “a good organizer…. the best darn change-maker I’ve ever met in my life”.
