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Democratic convention live: first night's heavy hitters include Sanders, Warren Democratic convention live: first night's heavy hitters include Sanders, Warren
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Here now is New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
She’s talking about Clinton’s work on behalf of children and families – that’s verbatim the theme of the night, Hillary Clinton’s work on behalf of children and families.
“You see, Hillary Clinton’s life’s work has been defined by one question: ‘How we help those who need it most?’” Gillibrand says, continuing:
Donald Trump’s has been defined by a very different question: ‘How can I help myself most?’”
Donald Trump actually stood on a debate stage and said that wages are “too high”. Hillary knows that in the richest country in the world, it’s unacceptable that a mom with two kids working full-time still lives in poverty.
Donald Trump says that when it comes to paid family leave, “you have to be careful of it.” Hillary knows that it’s long past time for guaranteed paid family leave.”
The paid family leave line gets a bit of clapping. Gillibrand continues:
Donald Trump thinks that women should just work harder because – and I’m quoting – “You’re gonna make the same if you do as good a job.” Every woman in America knows that’s not true! Hillary believes that women deserve equal pay for equal work.
“The choice in this election couldn’t be clearer,” the senator concludes. Her call for support for Hillary Clinton is applauded with moderate warmth.
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"How's the convention going, honey?" pic.twitter.com/gSyix4kiLG
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Scott Bixby
Singer Demi Lovato, in addition to a rendition of one of her chart-toppers, used her time onstage to address mental-health issues, citing her personal struggle with mental illness as a motivating factor for encouraging politicians “to support laws that will provide access to better healthcare.”
“This is not about politics - it’s simply the right thing to do,” Lovato said, to enthusiastic applause. “I’m proud to support a presidential candidate who will fight to ensure all people living with mental-health conditions get the care they need to live fulfilling lives. That candidate is Hillary Clinton!”
Lovato then launched into her smash hit “Confident,” complete with backup dancers, which even had members of the perpetually angry California delegation dancing. (Sample lyrics: “Bitch, I run this show / So leave the lights on / No, you can’t make me behave”).
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Apologies for the interruption, we’ve had some further interruptions of our internet service inside the hall.Apologies for the interruption, we’ve had some further interruptions of our internet service inside the hall.
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On night one of the Democratic convention, Democrats are advised to take cover:On night one of the Democratic convention, Democrats are advised to take cover:
#DemsInPhilly please take cover. https://t.co/0uE8YP1QS9#DemsInPhilly please take cover. https://t.co/0uE8YP1QS9
be the person who doesn't use a storm metaphor in your ledebe the person who doesn't use a storm metaphor in your lede
PHILADELPHIA — As a storm rolled through here on day one of the Democratic National Convention, a tempest of sorts r https://t.co/Pv0qTuDhmYPHILADELPHIA — As a storm rolled through here on day one of the Democratic National Convention, a tempest of sorts r https://t.co/Pv0qTuDhmY
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Heck of a storm. Via C-Span:Heck of a storm. Via C-Span:
And here's the storm pic.twitter.com/S13Kbf00uMAnd here's the storm pic.twitter.com/S13Kbf00uM
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Next up is Rich Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO.Next up is Rich Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO.
He launches the most effective and exciting – for the crowd – attack on Trump of the night.He launches the most effective and exciting – for the crowd – attack on Trump of the night.
“Working people are strong, and Donald Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong,” he says.“Working people are strong, and Donald Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong,” he says.
He thinks he’s a tough guy. Well Donald, I worked in the mines with tough guys. I know tough guys, they’re friends of mine. And Donald, You’re no tough guy, you’re a phony!He thinks he’s a tough guy. Well Donald, I worked in the mines with tough guys. I know tough guys, they’re friends of mine. And Donald, You’re no tough guy, you’re a phony!
Cheers.Cheers.
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh just won some cheers, and got into what may have been the first cooperative call-and-response with the crowd, with a call to stop Donald Trump from “stiffing” working families.Boston Mayor Marty Walsh just won some cheers, and got into what may have been the first cooperative call-and-response with the crowd, with a call to stop Donald Trump from “stiffing” working families.
He began his talk by saying “I’m Marty Walsh and I’m an alcoholic,” to some mirth in the auditorium, before the crowd realized he was perfectly serious and meant to tell his story of recovery with the support of the labor movement and his family.He began his talk by saying “I’m Marty Walsh and I’m an alcoholic,” to some mirth in the auditorium, before the crowd realized he was perfectly serious and meant to tell his story of recovery with the support of the labor movement and his family.
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Flash flood alert hits convention; media tent evacuatedFlash flood alert hits convention; media tent evacuated
No shortage of action here in Philadelphia tonight. The emergency alert system has just dispatched a flash flood notification:No shortage of action here in Philadelphia tonight. The emergency alert system has just dispatched a flash flood notification:
Uh oh. pic.twitter.com/vpxzt44VEfUh oh. pic.twitter.com/vpxzt44VEf
And they’re evacuating the media tents:And they’re evacuating the media tents:
DNC now evacuating media tents due to lighting storms #DemsInPhillyDNC now evacuating media tents due to lighting storms #DemsInPhilly
And the storm has broken up a rally with Green party candidate Jill Stein:And the storm has broken up a rally with Green party candidate Jill Stein:
Pounding thunderstorm in Philly is shutting down a Jill Stein rally. The DNC's nefarious methods know no bounds.Pounding thunderstorm in Philly is shutting down a Jill Stein rally. The DNC's nefarious methods know no bounds.
Let the good times roll...Let the good times roll...
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Looks like trouble’s brewing outside, too:Looks like trouble’s brewing outside, too:
A major storm is approaching the DNC Convention. pic.twitter.com/LIIknkjuJFA major storm is approaching the DNC Convention. pic.twitter.com/LIIknkjuJF
There’s some concern the media tent could blow over:There’s some concern the media tent could blow over:
Meanwhile, worry press tent may collapse as giant storm hits #DNCinPHL pic.twitter.com/ZTkUTHqejOMeanwhile, worry press tent may collapse as giant storm hits #DNCinPHL pic.twitter.com/ZTkUTHqejO
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Here’s video of the booing earlier, as Ohio Representative Marcia Fudge, the permanent chairwoman of the convention, spoke:Here’s video of the booing earlier, as Ohio Representative Marcia Fudge, the permanent chairwoman of the convention, spoke:
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Here’s Clinton campaign chair John Podesta.Here’s Clinton campaign chair John Podesta.
He thanks volunteers and donors. “You have voted to make Hillary Clinton the nominee of the Democratic party, this is your victory. And to everyone who supported senator Sanders, this is your victory too!”He thanks volunteers and donors. “You have voted to make Hillary Clinton the nominee of the Democratic party, this is your victory. And to everyone who supported senator Sanders, this is your victory too!”
There were cheers at first but the Sanders supporters did not seem convinced. In any case the booing has definitely died down.There were cheers at first but the Sanders supporters did not seem convinced. In any case the booing has definitely died down.
Many in the crowd seem simply to be ignoring Podesta, as the last speakers were largely ignored. There’s a lot of background noise in the crowd – loud talking – and kind of perfunctory cheering, less-than-thrilled cheering. The crowd has gone from sharply and passionately divided against itself to just kind of flat.Many in the crowd seem simply to be ignoring Podesta, as the last speakers were largely ignored. There’s a lot of background noise in the crowd – loud talking – and kind of perfunctory cheering, less-than-thrilled cheering. The crowd has gone from sharply and passionately divided against itself to just kind of flat.
Podesta isn’t saying much memorable. But he sounds busy:Podesta isn’t saying much memorable. But he sounds busy:
“If we work overtime for the next 105 days we will succeed in making history, and elect the first woman president of the United States!” he says.“If we work overtime for the next 105 days we will succeed in making history, and elect the first woman president of the United States!” he says.
That gets some chering.That gets some chering.
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Trump on Warren: 'she's got a fresh mouth'
Quote via CBS News’ Sopan Deb:
Trump on Elizabeth Warren: "She’s got a fresh mouth. Other than that, she’s got nothing going."
Warren, one of Trump’s most lacerating and – judging by his inability not to respond to her – effective critics, will get the chance to try out her “fresh mouth” on the Democrats later this evening.
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David Smith
The liberal progressive group Democracy for America, which endorsed Bernie Sanders for president, is urging voters to back Hillary Clinton despite today’s backlash from Sanders supporters, writes Guardian Washington correspondent David Smith:
Charles Chamberlain, its executive director, asked reporters: “Is Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders? Absolutely not.” But he insisted that she is “phenomenally better” than Republican rival Donald Trump.
People should vote with their conscience, Chamberlain added, and he was confident that the vast majority of Sanders supporters would realise that means backing Clinton. “I’d rather fight with the Clinton administration from time to time than with the Donald Trump administration all the time,” he said.
He also suggested that the vocal pro-Sanders protesters in Philadelphia are not a representative sample of the 13 million people who voted for him. They are the most passionate and committed, standing in 100 degree heat, and therefore the ones who find it “hardest to let go”, he said.
But polls show that Sanders supporters are more likely to support Clinton now than Clinton supporters were to back Barack Obama at the same stage in 2008.
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Here’s Tina Kotek of the Democratic legislative campaign committee, and also from Oregon.
She prompts the prompter. “Can we move the prompter a second?”
Then she continues:
“As the first lesbian speaker in any statehouse of our nation” – and she’s interrupted by cheers.
“We have come so far, and we cannot, we cannot go back. I’m known for being someone who tells it like it is. And the fact is, I’m with Hillary because she is with me:
Hillary Clinton understands that the work to improve the lives of everyday Americans doesn’t just need to happen in Washington DC. It needs to happen in state capitols all across our country.
[...]
We need to elect Hillary Clinton to make sure the progress we are making isn’t compromised by .. reckless leadership in the Oval Office.
11.25pm BST
23:25
Additional Sanders surrogates spreading the word that whatever you want to say about the Democratic nominating process, Clinton... won.
Here’s Sanders’ former press secretary:
But let me be clear - NO ONE STOLE THIS ELECTION! Team Sanders we did AMAZING WORK. But we lost. It's a hard reality for some.
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Lowey went for a Trump-stinks cheer there, but the crowd didn’t seem that into it. Relatively little fire-breathing about Trump from the stage so far. More clumsy Clinton boosting, alternating with giddy Sanders-talk.
New York representative Adriano Espaillat has just deployed the first Spanish of the event, culminating in “Si se puede!”
And the crowd takes him up on it:
Si se puede!
Si se puede!
Si se puede!
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Next up, Representative Nita Lowey from New York. “It is my pleasure to join you in this city of Brotherly Love to nominate our first sister president!” she says.
That’s mostly cheered, though there are some lingering moans, or chants, groans maybe, in the crowd.
Lowey tries out a line about the “next president of the United States, Hillary Clinton!” The line receives less booing than most.
Did Sanders’ text message work? The booing at mentions of Clinton’s name seems to have receded, a bit. But there are still some unenthused folks. Looking at you, Texas. (The Texas and California delegations are notably pro-Sanders.)
11.03pm BST
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While our wifi was out (fascinating story – ask us later) – the Democrats approved the party platform by overwhelming acclaim, which was followed by merely whelming disclaim, meaning the ayes had it. Platform adopted.
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Ben Jealous, former NAACP head and Sanders delegate, is next on stage. He also coaxes a mixed response for Clinton that is more applause than boos. Which is saying something:
“Bernie will be here tonight. And as he said to us today, today is our day to begin to unify so that we can defeat Donald Trump.”
That’s respectably applauded.
“Defeat Trump, and make Hillary Clinton president of these United States!”
That gets an applause / boo. An apploo.
10.49pm BST
22:49
Sanders appeals to delegates to cool it
Bernie Sanders has texted his delegate whips to get their delegations to stop floor protests.
“I ask you as a personal courtesy to me to not engage in any kind of protest on the floor,” said a text from Sanders. “It is of utmost importance you explain this to your delegations.”
The text was signed, “–Bernie”.
A spokesperson for Sanders, meanwhile, is arguing on Twitter that the rifts at the convention do not represent a departure from or abandonment of Clinton by Sanders supporters.
This is a tough argument to make, to someone sitting inside the convention.
But Mike Casca has graphics:
one more time with feeling, folks: the 👏🏼 convention 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 not 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 election. pic.twitter.com/XedlVcB0hZ