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| Right Now: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the outgoing chairwoman ofthe Democratic National Convention, was met with jeers at a pre-convention breakfast on Monday. Watch the video. | |
| PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic National Convention kicks off at Wells Fargo Center on Monday, promising a “United Together” theme even as leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee forced the party’s chairwoman to resign. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont will get a prime-time spot to push his platform, and Michelle Obama will lend a bit of White House glamour to the night. | PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic National Convention kicks off at Wells Fargo Center on Monday, promising a “United Together” theme even as leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee forced the party’s chairwoman to resign. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont will get a prime-time spot to push his platform, and Michelle Obama will lend a bit of White House glamour to the night. |
| If there was one thing Hillary Clinton didn’t need as she prepared to accept her party’s presidential nomination this week, it was another email scandal. | If there was one thing Hillary Clinton didn’t need as she prepared to accept her party’s presidential nomination this week, it was another email scandal. |
| But the release of about 20,000 leaked emails — which suggested the party had worked to undermine the Sanders campaign and forced Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the party’s chairwoman, to announce her resignation on Sunday — is likely to continue fueling resentment among many of Mr. Sanders’s delegates at the convention. | But the release of about 20,000 leaked emails — which suggested the party had worked to undermine the Sanders campaign and forced Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the party’s chairwoman, to announce her resignation on Sunday — is likely to continue fueling resentment among many of Mr. Sanders’s delegates at the convention. |
| Mrs. Clinton’s campaign had hoped that the convention would showcase unity in the party after a bruising and divisive nomination contest whose outcome left many young and liberal Democrats less than satisfied. Instead, the emails — which reveal snarky, blunt criticism of Mr. Sanders by top Democratic National Committee officials — could amplify the frustration felt by his delegates about what they consider a rigged process. | Mrs. Clinton’s campaign had hoped that the convention would showcase unity in the party after a bruising and divisive nomination contest whose outcome left many young and liberal Democrats less than satisfied. Instead, the emails — which reveal snarky, blunt criticism of Mr. Sanders by top Democratic National Committee officials — could amplify the frustration felt by his delegates about what they consider a rigged process. |
| A large crowd of demonstrators expressed that frustration on Sunday in downtown Philadelphia, with chants of “hell, no, D.N.C., we won’t vote for Hillary.” | A large crowd of demonstrators expressed that frustration on Sunday in downtown Philadelphia, with chants of “hell, no, D.N.C., we won’t vote for Hillary.” |
| His supporters may not like it, but Mr. Sanders has acknowledged defeat and endorsed Mrs. Clinton. Even so, on Monday, he will get one last chance to push his agenda in front of an audience of millions. | His supporters may not like it, but Mr. Sanders has acknowledged defeat and endorsed Mrs. Clinton. Even so, on Monday, he will get one last chance to push his agenda in front of an audience of millions. |
| In appearances on news programs on Sunday morning, Mr. Sanders made it clear that he will use his speech to continue pressing for an ideological revolution that advances party priorities like a higher minimum wage, government health care, breaking up big banks and rebuilding infrastructure. | In appearances on news programs on Sunday morning, Mr. Sanders made it clear that he will use his speech to continue pressing for an ideological revolution that advances party priorities like a higher minimum wage, government health care, breaking up big banks and rebuilding infrastructure. |
| “We have got to continue bringing people in, fighting for an agenda that works for working families and having the courage to take on the big-money people who today control our economic and political life,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.” Expect Mr. Sanders to have a similar message on Monday night. | “We have got to continue bringing people in, fighting for an agenda that works for working families and having the courage to take on the big-money people who today control our economic and political life,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.” Expect Mr. Sanders to have a similar message on Monday night. |
| And though Mr. Sanders, who called for a broad overhaul of the party’s nominating process, was Mrs. Clinton’s chief rival during the primaries, his appearance at the convention is unlikely to produce controversy like that of Senator Ted Cruz at the Republican National Convention last week in Cleveland. Mr. Sanders has already been clear that he hopes Mrs. Clinton will win in November. | And though Mr. Sanders, who called for a broad overhaul of the party’s nominating process, was Mrs. Clinton’s chief rival during the primaries, his appearance at the convention is unlikely to produce controversy like that of Senator Ted Cruz at the Republican National Convention last week in Cleveland. Mr. Sanders has already been clear that he hopes Mrs. Clinton will win in November. |
| “Right now, we have got to defeat Trump; we have to elect Hillary Clinton,” he said on “This Week,” referring to the Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump. | “Right now, we have got to defeat Trump; we have to elect Hillary Clinton,” he said on “This Week,” referring to the Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump. |
| Mrs. Obama may cherish the idea of receding from the spotlight, but on Monday night she will make one last appearance on the big stage. Her speech will serve partly to begin the transition of the Democratic Party from her husband to Mrs. Clinton. | Mrs. Obama may cherish the idea of receding from the spotlight, but on Monday night she will make one last appearance on the big stage. Her speech will serve partly to begin the transition of the Democratic Party from her husband to Mrs. Clinton. |
| Mrs. Obama, who remains among the most popular figures in the party, may be one of the most effective advocates for Mrs. Clinton when it comes to the Obama coalition: young people, African-Americans and Latinos. Her convention speech will be an opportunity to argue that her husband’s constituency should be Mrs. Clinton’s, as well. | Mrs. Obama, who remains among the most popular figures in the party, may be one of the most effective advocates for Mrs. Clinton when it comes to the Obama coalition: young people, African-Americans and Latinos. Her convention speech will be an opportunity to argue that her husband’s constituency should be Mrs. Clinton’s, as well. |
| The first lady has championed children’s issues and healthy eating during her time in the White House, and it’s likely that her speech will focus on both. Less clear is how much Mrs. Obama will touch on the racial tensions that have gripped the country in the past several months after police shootings in several major cities. She has occasionally talked about race, most notably during a commencement speech in 2015 at Tuskegee University, a historically black college in Alabama. | The first lady has championed children’s issues and healthy eating during her time in the White House, and it’s likely that her speech will focus on both. Less clear is how much Mrs. Obama will touch on the racial tensions that have gripped the country in the past several months after police shootings in several major cities. She has occasionally talked about race, most notably during a commencement speech in 2015 at Tuskegee University, a historically black college in Alabama. |
| Either way, Mrs. Obama will probably get a rousing response from conventiongoers, for many of whom the speech is likely to be the last time they see her in person. | Either way, Mrs. Obama will probably get a rousing response from conventiongoers, for many of whom the speech is likely to be the last time they see her in person. |
| The convention hasn’t begun, but the campaign has already announced how it will end: with Mrs. Clinton and her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, taking a three-day bus tour through Pennsylvania and Ohio. The tour will be an opportunity for the newly minted duo to join forces in two critical swing states before splitting up to campaign separately for the remainder of the fall. | The convention hasn’t begun, but the campaign has already announced how it will end: with Mrs. Clinton and her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, taking a three-day bus tour through Pennsylvania and Ohio. The tour will be an opportunity for the newly minted duo to join forces in two critical swing states before splitting up to campaign separately for the remainder of the fall. |
| In their first network interview as a pair, Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Kaine vowed on Sunday night to work with Republicans in Congress if they win the White House, and they refused to engage in a war of insults with Mr. Trump. | In their first network interview as a pair, Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Kaine vowed on Sunday night to work with Republicans in Congress if they win the White House, and they refused to engage in a war of insults with Mr. Trump. |
| “I don’t call him anything,” Mrs. Clinton told Scott Pelley on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” “And I’m not going to engage in that kind of insult fest that he seems to thrive on.” | “I don’t call him anything,” Mrs. Clinton told Scott Pelley on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” “And I’m not going to engage in that kind of insult fest that he seems to thrive on.” |
| The members of the Democratic ticket said they would fight for gun control measures and rejected criticism of Mrs. Clinton’s handling of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya. Mrs. Clinton agreed with the statement that she “blew it” regarding the use of a private email server. And She said she is the victim of a “Hillary standard” in which people are allowed to make “unfounded, inaccurate, meanspirited attacks” on her. | The members of the Democratic ticket said they would fight for gun control measures and rejected criticism of Mrs. Clinton’s handling of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya. Mrs. Clinton agreed with the statement that she “blew it” regarding the use of a private email server. And She said she is the victim of a “Hillary standard” in which people are allowed to make “unfounded, inaccurate, meanspirited attacks” on her. |
| Mrs. Clinton also said she will be thinking about the women who came before her when she accepts the nomination on Thursday night. “I hope that it gives other women and girls the feeling that whatever their dreams might be, they can achieve them in this country,” she said. | Mrs. Clinton also said she will be thinking about the women who came before her when she accepts the nomination on Thursday night. “I hope that it gives other women and girls the feeling that whatever their dreams might be, they can achieve them in this country,” she said. |
| • Anastasia Somoza, an advocate for Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities | • Anastasia Somoza, an advocate for Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities |
| • Astrid Silva, a Mexican immigrant who has who has benefited from Mr. Obama’s executive actions deferring deportation | • Astrid Silva, a Mexican immigrant who has who has benefited from Mr. Obama’s executive actions deferring deportation |
| • Richard L. Trumka, the president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. Read our interview with him. | • Richard L. Trumka, the president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. Read our interview with him. |
| • Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts | |
| • Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Clinton’s chief rival for the Democratic nomination | • Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Clinton’s chief rival for the Democratic nomination |
| • Mrs. Obama, the first lady | • Mrs. Obama, the first lady |