US Democrats nominate Tim Kaine as VP pick

Wasserman Schultz denied the accusation, but was forced out as chief Sunday.

Seeking to avoid a televised display of disunity, Bernie Sanders on Monday urged supporters to line up behind Democrat Hillary Clinton and claimed victory in deposing and sidelining a top party official.

Eve Barbour drove from Orlando to show her support for Clinton.

Clinton’s team hoped Wasserman Schultz’s resignation – along with an apology from the DNC to Sanders and his supporters – would keep the convention floor calm. Referring to Trump’s penchant for tweeting, she said of the presidency: “It can not be boiled down to 140 characters”.

Deborah Armstrong, of Spokane, Washington, said she and her husband went bankrupt because of his health problems, which required a heart transplant. But former Rep. Barney Frank of MA, a co-chairman of the convention’s rules committee, denied that the appointment of Rep. Marcia L. Fudge of OH on Saturday as permanent chairwoman was related to the email controversy. Trump’s campaign did not respond to our request for proof.

Sanders said the 19,000 emails published by the website Wikileaks appeared to confirm his suspicions. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will play during the convention.

Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine end their visit at Florida International University on Saturday, July 23. Tim Kaine, was a disappointment and that he would have preferred Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a champion of tougher restrictions on Wall Street and liberal causes.

Asked about Kaine on CNN’s “State of the Union”, he added: “Are his political views different than mine?”

“Would I have preferred to see someone like an Elizabeth Warren selected by Secretary Clinton?” Over the weekend, Sanders was unflattering in his assessment of Tim Kaine on Meet the Press.

Clinton’s campaign, citing a cybersecurity firm hired to investigate the leak, blamed Russian Federation for hacking the party’s computers and suggested the goal was to benefit Donald Trump’s campaign.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination, said Kaine had brought his beliefs in Catholic social justice to his public service, something he has practiced throughout his career.

The disclosure set off devoted Sanders supporters, who were already having a hard time moving past the bitter primary battles to embrace Clinton as the nominee. “And she’ll always have our backs – that is something I am rock-solid sure of”, he said.

Ohio’s Michael Skindell, a Sanders delegate, said Monday he planned to “strongly support the nominee of the party”.

The discussions between the two camps prompted Sanders to send emails and text messages to supporters asking them not to protest.

Dan O’Neal, 68, is a retired school teacher and delegate from Arizona, said Wasserman Schultz has to be censured.

“I’m 100 percent behind the choice [of Kaine]”, said Frank Alverado, a Clinton delegate from CT. Photos: 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland ” If they think they can win without half the party, let them lose”, said Andrew Fader, 27, of NY, who was wearing a “Bernie” T-shirt on Sunday near the Liberty Bell.

“The emails have proven the system was rigged from the start”, Manafort told “Fox News Sunday”.

“He’s voting for Democrats because any party that would nominate Donald Trump for president has moved too far away from his Party of Lincoln”, he said. Irate, in fact, that the emails confirmed their long-held suspicions the party had favored Clinton all along. “And when he says, as he did say, “I alone can fix it” – he’s not only wrong, he’s dangerously wrong”, said Clinton as she introduced Kaine to the nation. The state-by-state roll call is scheduled for Tuesday. Among Democrats, 63% call Kaine a good choice, including 66% of liberal Democrats and 58% of moderate or conservative Democrats. Kaine used to sing regularly with the choir, has mentored the church’s youth, and was part of a church men’s club.