The Democratic Party Convention to nominate Hillary Clinton for the presidency of the United States opens here on Monday with the party’s leadership thrown into unprecedented disarray as Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned following leaks of party emails allegedly by Russian Federation. “I think this is symbolically important and something we should think about”, he said.
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As chair of the Democratic National Committee, she sullied her party as well as herself.
Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge has been selected to serve as chair of the Democratic National Convention, which kicks off Monday.
Alexander said the protest happened organically and that protesters were angry that Wasserman Schultz was still at the convention. “All right, everybody. Now, settle down”.
“Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her”, Sanders said.
In Clinton’s words and the profusion of red, white and blue, several commentators noted how she had reached out to voters who might not normally consider a Democrat. And a little bit of interest from the press.
“Now whether you supported me or you supported Hillary Clinton you all know what our task is”. A second room, also empty, was denied to them once around 50 or so delegates had entered and begun their meeting. Sanders thanked supporters and said he understood their disappointment that he did not win the nomination. “I’m just going to move forward and put this behind us and go forward and unite the party”, says Escambia County delegate Dianne Krumel. U.S. Democratic Senator Bill Nelson, of Florida, says he believes it’s possible the country’s President Vladimir Putin is behind the leak. “I don’t feel any words coming from the committee were words coming from her”.
Yet many die-hard backers of Sanders they weren’t ready to coalesce around Clinton’s presidential bid despite his pleas.
Henson and Albert were working on their first campaign and weren’t ready Monday to announce a switch to Clinton. The email dump provided by Wikileaks also highlighted DNC staffers mocking Bernie Sanders jewish faith. We’ve got this wrapped up.
“They’re very open to trying new things”, Jenna Golden, Twitter’s director of political advertising, said of Trump’s campaign.
The message was met with chaos though, as people in support and opposed to Wasserman Schultz crowded up to the stage, holding signs, chanting, and ignoring calls to quiet down to allow the program to continue. Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood.
At 74, Bernie Sanders may have had his last hurrah in presidential politics. So she’s done her job. On Monday morning, Wasserman Schultz spoke to a large room of Florida delegates and was repeatedly booed and interrupted while attempting to speak. At a rally for Sanders delegates in Philadelphia, the crowd roared when Sanders brought up Wasserman Schultz’s departure.
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“She perfectly married the new Democratic Party to what was left of the old Republican Party”, said MSNBC’s Joy Reid. She took numerous swipes at Republican Donald Trump, all without mentioning his name. “This is the real world that we live in”.
