Clinton nomination overshadowed by discontent
Not everyone will remember July 27, 2016 as the day a woman officially became the nominee of a major party for the first time in history.
Others will remember it as the day the effort to make Senator Bernie Sanders the nominee officially ended.
Aside from a combination of cheering and booing when Hillary Clinton’s name was read, the roll call vote Tuesday went smoothly.
State by state, representatives read their primary vote totals.
Colorado’s tally was 41 delegates to Bernie Sanders and 36 to Hillary Clinton.
Although the roll call went in alphabetical order, Vermont was skipped so that Sanders, a Vermont native, could ask at the end that the roll call be suspended and all delegates go to Clinton.
As has become the norm this week, his comments lead to a rousing applause from his delegates and supporters.
But once again, his effort to encourage them to get behind Hillary Clinton fell short.
Dozens of Sanders delegates walked out after the nomination in protest.
Meanwhile, outside the perimeter fence, an even angrier crowd chanted and waved signs in protest of what they believe was an unfair system that kept the nomination out of Sanders’s reach.
They refuse to back down, despite the reality that Sanders’s run for president is over.
Jennifer Dorroco drove from Utica, New York to be a part of the demonstration.
“He’s a man of integrity. He’s the person that should be our nominee. He’s the only one that’s going to change things. You can’t change corruption with corruption.”
Mark Iberg of Austin, Texas added, “The issues that were raised by the Bernie Sanders campaign are finally being heard by a lot of people.”
Even in the sweltering Philadelphia heat, the determined demonstrators continued to fight for the movement Bernie started.
Dozens of protestors were detained and cited Monday for climbing that perimeter fence or holding a sit-in to block delegates from entering the gate, but as of Tuesday afternoon, no one had been arrested.
