“I truly feel that the DNC had their candidate picked”. Younger Sanders supporters, for example, are struggling to recognize Clinton as their standard bearer, said Randolph Shannon, a Sanders delegate from Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District.
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In an attempt to settle the tensions at the convention, the party announced that Massachusetts Sen.
The FBI confirmed that they were investigating the hack on July 25.
They’ve dropped in on Herald Radio at Radio Row and one after another shared their concerns, but only when asked about Democratic Party officials actively working to steal the election from Bernie Sanders.
From the podium, however, some of Sanders’ allies noted their progress in influencing the party’s platform and moving to reduce the influence of superdelegates, party leaders and elected officials who help decide the nomination. Those hackers took at least a year’s worth of detailed chats, emails and research on Trump, according to a person knowledgeable of the breach who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
The party publicly acknowledged the hack in June.
During a Sunday evening interview with Clinton spokesperson Brian Fallon on MSNBC, angry Sanders supporters chanted “lock her up”, which was a common refrain during the Republican National Convention last week-but something that was certainly unexpected to pop up among liberals in Philadelphia.
The controversy over some 19,000 leaked DNC emails, however, threatened to complicate those plans.
Was it from the Russians?
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, said the focus must be on uniting the party.
Trump dismissed the accusation in a Twitter post.
Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told reporters Monday that Russian involvement is “troubling if it’s true” and suggested “voters need to look at this”.
Whatever the source, the fallout from the leaked emails was swift and dramatic.
Monday’s start of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia has already been marred by an email scandal (I know – when will people STOP writing embarrassing things in emails?) that has claimed the job of Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
It’s a down-ballot twist on how Bernie Sanders, who has endorsed Canova, was able to raise more than $235 million during his primary race against the far more politically connected and initially better-funded Hillary Clinton.
Many of Sanders’ delegates, frustrated with the primary process and furious with outgoing party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, were still weighing ways to disrupt the four-day event.
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The email release complicated the situation, Phillips said, in that it made Sanders supporters more likely to seek a way to register their displeasure during proceedings here at the Democratic National Convention. The Clinton campaign says Russian Federation favors Trump’s views, especially on North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
