LIVE: Bernie addressing his delegates now. Livestream link

[auntpurl]

http://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/special-live-3-15048938

[joeybee12]

1. Let me know when he tells his delegates to vote for Hillary

And stop booing people they don't agree with...until then, I'm not interested in anything he has to say.

[auntpurl]

2. At the moment, just congratulating his own campaign.

Basically his stump speech. Will keep you posted.

[DemonGoddess]

3. I expected that for the start of it

didn't you? They fought hard, and SHOULD be congratulated for a hard fight.

[auntpurl]

4. Yes. I'm interested in the real meat.

Let's see how it goes.

[Armstead]

9. I can predict but won't tip the hand

(and I might be wrong)

[eastwestdem]

5. And tells them to look at the big picture and unite to defeat Trump. nt

[NCTraveler]

6. "We are the only campaign not to have a Super Pac"

What?

[joeybee12]

7. Not ttrue...

Campaigns don't have Super Pacs...they have super pacs working for him...and Bernie had them also.

[NCTraveler]

11. I'm aware. Someone needs to tell Sanders. lol. nt.

[joeybee12]

13. I know...I understood you knew he was wrong...

Of course they're probably eating it up from him.

[Maru Kitteh]

25. Some of his followers took it as biblical truth during the campaign

Thank goodness the greatest majority in REAL LIFE have moved on and understand the gravity of this election and now support HRC.

All the "not Hillary" motherfuckers should get an escort out of the convention, post haste.

[JaneQPublic]

17. Actually, he has several superpacs, whether he wants them or not.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?id=N00000528

Progressive Kick Pro-Sanders SuperPAC $433,697
Feel Bern Pro-Sanders SuperPAC $391,858
Progressive Voters of America Pro-Sanders Leadership PAC $23,526
Collective Actions PAC Pro-Sanders SuperPAC $8,795
Las Cruces for Bernie Pro-Sanders SuperPAC $8,448
Buffalo for Bernie Sanders Pro-Sanders SuperPAC $3,089
BillionairesForBernie.org Pro-Sanders SuperPAC $0

[NCTraveler]

26. I'm pretty sure everyone except Sanders is aware of that.

My quote above is direct.

[JaneQPublic]

39. Understood your meaning as intended

I posted the info as an exasperated response to this repeated claim by Bernie and followers.

I'm an avid fan of all the fact-checking services, and I've never seen them address this claim of Sanders'.

[MyNameGoesHere]

8. It's a lovely

"me" speech so far.

[auntpurl]

10. Here we go: "the question is, where do we go from here?"

Let's see how this goes.

[auntpurl]

12. "What we want to achieve is nothing less than the transformation of American society"

[Maru Kitteh]

14. His constant reference to his voters as "the working people" is off-putting to me.

His supporters are primarily white; and I've too often heard whites refer to themselves as "the working people" as though the rest of us don't.

Rubs all my fur backwards.

Still waiting for him to talk about something other than himself, his campaign, his campaign speech. Still waiting for him to talk about our nominee and our Democratic ticket. He sounds like he thinks he is the nominee right now.

[auntpurl]

15. Nothing so far.

His regular stump speech. Nothing about Hillary or about the behaviour of his supporters.

[Yukari Yakumo]

21. And young too.

Of those who have been working, they haven't been in the workforce for very long.

[WinkyDink]

16. I hope his crowd heard him say EXACTLY what Trump said, re: TPP; infrastructure; working people; and

other issues.

[auntpurl]

18. "We have got to defeat Donald Trump, immediately, right now"

"and we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine"

HUGE boos from the crowd.

[auntpurl]

19. "Brothers and sisters" (replying to the booing)

"This is the real world that we live in. Trump is a bully and a demagogue. Trump has made bigotry and hatred the cornerstone of his campaign. Throughout this campaign he has insulted Mexicans and Latinos, insulted Muslims, women, AAs."

[LiberalFighter]

22. Unfortunately, he has opened Pandora's Box

and doesn't know how to close it.

[joeybee12]

24. Yep...he strung them along way too long...nt

[Maru Kitteh]

37. And that's it right there. It was dragged on too long with too many vile lies and rhetoric

from the mouths of his surrogates directed at the candidate we knew would become our nominee, and this is how we have found ourselves with delegates to the Democratic convention acting like a bunch of dim-witted animals, rabid with hate for our nominee.

[tallahasseedem]

30. THIS is why we needed

him to stop the take it to Philly notion. It would have helped if he would have dropped out immediately, but he didn't and here we are.

[auntpurl]

20. His delegates are freaking out.

Screaming "WE WANT BERNIE." They won't let him speak.

[MichiganVote]

52. Honestly, what a bunch of immature know it all's.

The entire country voted for Clinton ahead of Sanders and long before any stupid emails by the DNC staffers. He lost, fair and square.

[auntpurl]

23. "Trump does not respect the constitution of the US or civil liberties"

"That is not just my opinion, that is what many conservative republicans believe. Trump is a danger to the future of our country and MUST BE DEFEATED. And I intend to do everything I can to see that he is defeated."

Crowd response mixed.

[Peigan68]

27. At least Bernie is trying, good for him

But some of these Sanders delegates are die hard Hillary haters and they won't be persuaded.

[auntpurl]

28. "I have met people...who have hope in their eyes and are prepared to come togehter

to transform our country. This campaign has been a fantastic beginning and from today onward we continue the fight."

That was the end. Crowd still chanting, booing, not much cheering or clapping.

[SummerSnow]

29. Don't boo, vote.

[Skinner]

31. Awesome speech by Bernie.

Love it.

[auntpurl]

36. I thought he could have done more to address

his supporters' boorish behaviour so far at the convention. Booing Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Lee. Chanting LOCK HER UP at the California Delegates Breakfast. I think he should have addressed it directly and told them it was not appropriate and would not be tolerated.

Otherwise, it seemed fine.

[marions ghost]

49. One of his best

[RonniePudding]

32. And now the media's hair is on fire

Wolf and Gregory's erogenous zones have been activated on CNN. They are thrilled by the booing.

[auntpurl]

40. I'm sure they are.

I bet Andrea Mitchell just had an orgasm.

[RonniePudding]

53. Probably the first since Bill was impeached

Comrade Mitchell is a loyal tool for the right.

[Go Vols]

33. Great speech

[progressoid]

34. Thanks for this auntpurl!

I missed it.

[auntpurl]

38. I type extremely fast.

[RBInMaine]

41. If these die-hard Bernie delegates won't listen to him and back the nominee, then they are

NOT real Democrats nor real progressives. They are mega-radicals who won't accept reality nor reason. They are NUTS.

[auntpurl]

42. Sure, but that doesn't solve the problem

Which is that it looks like Hillary is going to be booed from the minute she walks on the stage until the minute she is hounded off. There is just no good f*cking way to spin this. The rest of the country will see a Democratic party that HATES their nominee. We could lose this election.

I didn't think that until today.

[Red Knight]

45. Wrong.

But that's the attitude destroying the party. I fear that this party won't "get it" until it's too late. And yes...I'm a REAL Democrat and will vote for Clinton. But voting for her is not what makes me a REAL Democrat. It's supporting certain ideals regardless of the candidate. It's staying true to that.

And voting for her is more about stopping Trump for me and many other Bernie supporters. Just accept that and move on. That's the best thing that can happen for this party. Just take a win. We don't have to love her.

[auntpurl]

46. Take a win? TAKE A WIN?

I'd love to take a f*cking win! Unfortunately the MSM is currently showing the Democratic party as a complete and utter shit show, far worse than the RNC last week, and these selfish, selfish people could hand the election to Donald Trump. And then the WHOLE WORLD suffers. They can support their "ideals" and I'll wait to see if Putin invades the Balkan States and marches across Europe because Trump has pulled us out of NATO.

[Red Knight]

56. It's an emotional time

The election isn't today.

Give it some time. Venting and screaming are part of that process. No one can control that. They won't vote for her today. So what?

See what things look like in November. They still won't love her. They will probably vote for her.

[auntpurl]

57. You're right.

I have got to calm down. I am living in terror at the moment. I said earlier today I should probably take a break from DU for a while. I think I might do that.

Thanks for perspective.

[andym]

43. Bernie recognizes that Trump could be as transformational as Bernie wants to be

But in an opposite way, creating an America of hatred and bigotry. Such an America has deep historical roots upon which to feed. Trump's election would completely impede Bernie's movement as well as make America terrible. Bernie understands that, many of his delegates don't seem to.

[auntpurl]

44. A GENERATION will be lost.

With 3-4 SC picks, a whole generation will lose their civil liberties and US politics will get more and more corrupt. The most vulnerable in our society will suffer the most under Trump. Bernie knows this. His "supporters" who are disrupting and destroying this convention have to be the most selfish people on earth.

[andym]

50. Some of Bernie's delegates are obviously naive about the nature of destructive forces

And what these forces can accomplish. The demonization and polarization that occurred during this primary are extremely counterproductive to defeating these forces.

[avebury]

47. I am a Bernie supporter but I will vote for Clinton/Kaine.

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Would I like a more progressive ticket - absolutely! Am I willing to "burn down the house" because that has not happened? No way! The consequences of a Trump WH will make all the Bernie Sander's supports complaints pale in comparison. We are in a fight for our lives over the future of this country. I would like to ask the die hard Sanders supporters - Just how do you propose to push a progressive agenda once Trump leaves this country (and perhaps the rest of the planet) in total shambles? Sometimes you just have to choose the path of pragmatism so that you still have a shot of creating change later on.

[auntpurl]

48. THANK YOU for your sane thoughts.

I genuinely cannot believe this. I am appalled, angry, and most of all frightened. We could lose this election. I didn't think that until today. I never thought anyone could be this selfish, to inflict Trump on the world and on the most vulnerable in society who will suffer the most.

[DemonGoddess]

51. Senator Sanders

absolutely killed it. His supporters' behavior though, was shameful.

[MichiganVote]

55. It shouldn't have even been necessary for him to speak to them.

He created this mess by holding out as he did. He had the responsibility to relinquish this long before it reached convention level.

[DemonGoddess]

58. Sure he did, but he did not

I'm hoping cooler heads prevail, and they actually LISTEN.

[Dkc05]

54. Bernie and his army should watch this Democracy Now video

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange on Releasing DNC Emails That Ousted Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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Published on Jul 25, 2016

http://democracynow.org - In March, WikiLeaks launched a searchable archive for over 30,000 emails & email attachments sent to and from Hillary Clinton’s private email server while she was secretary of state. The 50,000 pages of documents span from June 2010 to August 2014; 7,500 of the documents were sent by Hillary Clinton. The State Department released the emails as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request


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