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Sen. Bernie Sanders headlined the first night of the Democratic National Convention, urging supporters to keep the party together. However, many of his most ardent supporters oppose the idea of voting for Hillary Clinton.
A local politician is representing about 10,000 Oregonians in Philadelphia this week. Medford City Councilor Kevin Stine is attending this week's Democratic National Convention as a delegate for Bernie Sanders.
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and comedian Sarah Silverman speak during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016.
Roanoke , Jul 26: Donald Trump has a new, derisive nickname for his Democratic rival: Hillary "Rotten" Clinton. Addressing backers in an overly warm ballroom in Roanoke, Virginia, the Republican presidential nominee yesterday lashed out at Clinton as low-energy and needing naps.
Sarah Silverman and Senator Al Franken were introducing Paul Simon at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this evening. The Democratic party has had its share of in-fighting this election season, and suspected favoritism from party elites toward Hillary Clinton, and against Bernie Sanders, came to light in recently leaked emails .
Supporters of independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential runner-up Bernie Sanders have been making headlines all day by vocally expressing their displeasure with Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, but at least one prominent Sanders supporter has had enough. Comic actress and stand-up superstar Sarah Silverman did a few of her least-edgy minutes of comedy ever, and when she got to the part where she told the crowd she was voting for a "kick-ass woman" named Hillary Clinton, the room swelled with applause.
Las Vegas residents who took the stage at the Democratic National Convention say they know Hillary Clinton will fight to keep immigrant families together. Eleven-year-old Karla Ortiz said Monday that she's scared most days that her parents will be deported.
Sarah Silverman told backers of Bernie Sanders "You're being ridiculous" after they would not stop chanting his name at the Democratic National Convention. The comedian, a leading celebrity supporter of Sanders when he was seeking the Democratic presidential nod, endorsed Hillary Clinton to the Democratic national convention here on Monday night.
Comic Sarah Silverman joined Sen. Al Franken Monday night to urge Democratic National Convention delegates to unite - then stirred up Bernie Sanders die-hards with some choice words: "To the Bernie or bust people, you're being ridiculous." As a Sanders supporter herself, Silverman said she would now vote for Hillary Clinton "with gusto" as she continues to be "inspired and moved to action by the ideals set forth by Bernie, who will never stop fighting for us."
Sanders' campaign emailed delegates at about 4:50 p.m. Monday, half an hour after the opening gavel fell in Philadelphia. USA TODAY Sen. Bernie Sanders asked his supporters not to boo or make other protests on the floor of the Democratic National Convention - after delegates had already been expressing discontent.
Democratic Minnesota Sen. Al Franken advised the parents in the audience at the Democratic National Convention on Monday to ignore their children because working to get Hillary Clinton elected is more important. Addressing the people in the arena, the former Saturday Night Live writer Franken said, "Now, many of you have jobs, many of you have families.
Silverman, herself a fan of the Vermont senator, on Monday night brought the crowd at the Democratic National Convention to its feet with a rousing speech calling for party unity. Hillary Rodham Clinton FULL SPEECH: Cory Booker addresses delegates in Philly Sanders aide dismisses challenging Kaine VP spot Dem Senate nominee calls Toomey an 'a--hole' MORE "Not only did Bernie wake us up," Silverman, 45, said, "he made us understand what is possible and what we deserve.
Police briefly detained more than 50 people after they tried to storm the barricades outside the Democratic National Convention on Monday in a show of anger over Bernie Sanders' treatment by party leaders, even as he urged his supporters to fall in line behind Hillary Clinton. Several hundred Sanders supporters and other demonstrators converged in the sweltering heat on Broad Street and made their way 4 miles to the convention site as the gathering was being gaveled to order, chanting "Nominate Sanders or lose in November!" and "Hey, hey, ho, ho, the DNC has got to go!" They carried signs reading, "Never Hillary," "Just Go to Jail Hillary" and "You Lost Me at Hillary."
The first day of the Democratic convention included an FBI investigation, senior party figures getting booed and fears of a Russian plot to defeat Hillary Clinton. If indeed Vladimir Putin's Kremlin intended to sow chaos in this U.S. presidential campaign, that mission was surely accomplished Monday.
The Democratic National Convention kicked off Monday without its outgoing Democratic National Committee chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, following a chaotic scene at a morning meeting where she was loudly jeered by Bernie Sanders supporters. "I have decided that in the interest of making sure that we can start the Democratic convention on a high note that I am not going to gavel in the convention," Wasserman Schultz told the Sun Sentinel newspaper in an interview.
Hillary Clinton will break the penultimate glass ceiling this week - becoming the first female nominee of a major American political party. It's a historic milestone that's been obscured by Donald Trump's chaotic convention and, now, on the eve of the Democratic convention, the resignation of the DNC chairman following the leak of 20,000 emails showing that the DNC had its thumb on the scale for Clinton.
Democratic Senate candidate Russ Feingold said Monday that Debbie Wasserman Schultz was becoming an unwanted distraction and she did the right thing by resigning as head of the Democratic National Committee following an embarrassing email hack. "We don't need any distractions at this point," Feingold told reporters following an early voting rally in Madison where he stressed the importance of electing Democrat Hillary Clinton over Republican Donald Trump .
South Carolina plays an important role in the presidential primary process, and several of the state's most notable Democrats step into the spotlight at this week's Democratic National Convention. U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn is to address the Philadelphia convention, as is former state representative and lieutenant governor nominee Bakari Sellers.
First came the hack, then the leak. Now, the Clinton and Trump campaigns are fighting over Russia's role in the release of thousands of internal Democratic National Committee emails.
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