Posted on 05/14/2016 4:07:10 PM PDT by Libloather
Tensions were high at the Democratic convention in Nevada Saturday, with Bernie Sanders supporters demanding delegate recounts, booing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and causing other disruptions, according to local media reports.
Sanders supporters were angry over a voice vote that adopted a set of temporary convention rules as the permanent rules, according to the Las Vegas Sun.
And supporters also reacted angrily to the count of delegates attending the convention, which put Clinton at an advantage. Final numbers announced later in the day showed 1,693 Clinton supporters in attendance to Sanders's 1,662.
Boxer, a Hillary Clinton supporter, said among booing from the crowd the future of the country is at stake. When you boo me, youre booing Bernie Sanders. Go ahead. Youre booing Bernie Sanders."
The vote on rules led to supporters flocking the front of the convention room and shouting this is fixed and no confidence at party officials.
Clinton won Nevadas caucuses in February, picking up 13 delegates and Sanders claimed 10. Another 12 bound delegates are slated to be allocated at the states convention Saturday.
But the state's contests have been followed by controversy, with Sanders winning the Clark County convention last month despite losing the caucuses overall.
“When you boo me, youre booing Bernie Sanders. Go ahead. Youre booing Bernie Sanders.”
Because Boxer and Sanders are both deranged, hard-core leftists?
It does. It’s just rigged differently.
Why did you post a completely different article about Republican caucus voting, in a thread about Democrat caucus voting?
Because both are Nevada and both parties are coming apart at the seams.
Democrats in Las Vegas, Republicans in Reno.
I’m sorry, it is off topic.
Of course it is, you morons liberals. Did you ever really think your commissars would give you a choice?
Ah, I see.
Yes, the Trump Effect.
LOL!
Boxer’s surrogate and Lizzy Lieawatha Fan Kamala Harris is a shoe in for Boxer’s Senate Seat.
In CA it never ends.
I think the Dem convention is going to be far more...interesting.
Wrong use of the word “devolves”.
What an excellent election cycle.
Beats 1988 by a country mile. LOL
No, they are booing Hillary!
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