Posted on 07/26/2016 9:10:12 PM PDT by Mariner
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bernie Sanders loyalists protested inside and outside the Democratic National Convention site and clashed with police on Tuesday after Hillary Clinton won the party's presidential nomination.
Despite Sanders' calls for them to support Clinton, thousands of activists have taken to the streets during the convention this week to voice support for the liberal Vermont U.S. senator and his progressive agenda.
Moments after Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major U.S. political party, a large group of Sanders delegates and supporters exited the Philadelphia convention site to hold a sit-in inside a media tent. Some had their mouths taped shut. A few spontaneously sang the chorus of the folk song "This Land is Your Land," and a banner read "we the people." They said they were holding a peaceful protest to complain about being shut out by the Democratic Party.
"This was not a convention. This was a four-day Hillary party. And we weren't welcome," said Liz Maratea, a New Jersey delegate at the media tent protest. "We were treated like lepers."
In the streets outside, Sanders supporters who had spent the day protesting began facing off with police. Protesters began scaling 8-foot walls blocking off the secure zone around the arena parking lot, and several were detained. An officer sprayed one of the protesters.
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They should have a head of drunken and stoned steam up by Thursday night.
Buy more popcorn. This is entertainment of the highest order.
I hope they go back tomorrow though, inside the convention.
We need them to boo and hiss!!!
Best part of the convention in my opinion.
Do you have to spam this post on every thread tonight?
I want split screen coverage.
The rioting Reds outside on one half and the nominating Pinkos inside on the other.
Break out the clubs, bust some heads, show them H.Clinton is all about unity!
Oh, it's coming to that.
I'm certain the b!tch is raging because these insolent peasants ruined her coronation.
bernie couldn’t tear down the house, but sounds like his supporters will. after all, they’re left hi and dry. however, they still have a ticket to the party...they should go inside and really let it loose. after all, they have nothing to lose, except maybe a night in the pokey.
Send them some indacouch from Colorado and they will stfu. They are messing with unity and togetherness and women’s rights. Also, they are dirty hippies.
Reds outside maybe but inside they are working for Goldman Sacks.
If you come across any working video links of this all this disorder, ping me.
Yep, H.Clinton’s con-vention is a circus by any description.
Like 1968
Call it a valuable life lesson for the ignorant young fools. There isn’t a real friend in the whole world. Everyone looking out for themselves, and looking to do you in at the same time. Sooner they learn this, sooner they can get real and get on with life.
"I went out to face the world again...wiser." - Ralphie (A Christmas Story)
You’ve been Berned....how you like your love?
The more idealistic socialists always amuse me. On the one hand, they want an all-powerful government that will micro-manage every aspect of your life, and then they are shocked that all of this concentrated power is sold to the highest bidder and that the people who most want that kind of power are the most corrupt. Most of them never figure it out so they go from one savior figure to another.
Hogs are a lot like ‘rats, if too many are put in a pen.
They become irrational, aggressive, even dangerous, as well as foul smelling and dyspepsic.
Unlike ‘rats, if treated well hogs tend to be clean, sociable, intelligent and even family-oriented.
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