Sanders ‘waiting for the FBI convention’ to nab nomination from Clinton

Also Saturday, state Democratic party chairman Jaxon Ravens said that next year, party leaders will look into moving away from using the caucus system to allocate delegates to the national convention.

More than 3,000 Bernie Sanders supporters gathered in Chicago Saturday told the Democratic Party that although their candidate may be on his way out, they are here to stay.

“When I heard Donald Trump was floating Scott Brown as a potential running mate, I thought ohhhh Donald Trump really does have a plan to help the unemployed”, said Sen. “He’s insane as a bed bug, but he doesn’t quit”.

“Unfortunately”, Hassan said, “our shared vision stands in stark contrast to what we have seen from the Republican majority in Washington, which is run by special interests, and it’s clear that Senator Ayotte is part of that problem”.

Supporters pointed to polls showing Bernie Sanders holding wide leads over Trump, averaging a double-digit advantage even as Clinton clung to small leads and even fell behind in some polls. “He’s in there bitching”. Clinton’s strong end to the primary brought many Sanders supporters to her side, with polls showing that more than 60 percent now saying they will vote for Clinton. Ayotte says she will support Trump as the GOP nominee but has criticized many of his remarks. Supporters told CNN it would allow them to push for superdelegates at the Democratic National Convention to reflect the outcome of February’s primary proportionally, but the move failed to garner enough votes.

Merkley said that while Clinton wasn’t his first choice, she’s the nominee.

By and large, LGBT voters have aligned with the Democratic party – 63 percent of LGBT voters lean Democrat, compared to 21 percent who lean Republican, according to a 2014 Gallup Poll – and Trump’s attempt to win those voters over has resulted mostly in ridicule.

Some conservative delegates hope to change party rules to choose a different nominee – but that is seen as a long shot. Ted Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich – which had been opposing Trump with little success.

Prominent gay Republican groups have voiced cautious support for the candidate so far, but have yet to throw their full weight behind his campaign.

“The extent of this effort is a bunch of random people tweeting about it, full stop”, said RNC chief strategist Sean Spicer.

But on Saturday, without naming Ayotte, Shaheen alluded to Ayotte’s stated position that she supports Trump but will not endorse him. Throughout much of the primary process Trump pledged to pay for the campaign himself, only to begin accepting donations later on.

“I’d love to do it. You know, life is like a two-way street”.

“I’m very upset because I came here with the intention of unifying with my fellow Democrats … we were met with hostility”, he said, calling the convention “an atrocity”. I’ll just keep funding my own campaign. That’s the easy way.

“Scott Brown for vice president makes sense, I mean that, I think of all the expert advice he could offer…” “I don’t agree with any of the tea party’s philosophies, but what they have done is put the fear of God in Republicans. We’ll keep doing it, because we do have tremendous support within the party that I can tell you”.

Brooklyn-born Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour said dismissing the Trump candidacy was a matter of privilege – the kind she did not possess.