Throughout the four-day Democratic National Convention (DNC), several protests have occurred. Following Tuesday’s official nomination of Clinton as the party’s presidential nominee, a number of delegates for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders walked out of the venue.
With the former US Secretary of State scheduled to deliver her acceptance speech on Thursday evening, some demonstrators have been burning American flags in the streets of Philadelphia, the nation’s original capital city.
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But other protesters stepped in to stop the display.
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Witnesses identified the flag burners as members of RevCom, a so-called communist group, though those reports are unverified.
A wide range of people have gathered outside of the convention site, including supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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Supporters of Sanders, who claim the DNC worked against their candidate throughout the primary race, were vindicated over the weekend after WikiLeaks released a trove of internal emails showing high-ranking DNC officials acting on a strong bias for Clinton.
Bernie Sanders Delegates drop this Wikileaks Banner as Hillary Clinton speaks #DNCinPHL #DNCLeak #FeelTheBern pic.twitter.com/oVGkQIc4Qu
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Came running out of the convention, they were inside started booing her and got chased out by secret service #DNC pic.twitter.com/0LBSfIoMdF
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BREAKING: Protesters just stormed the #DNCinPHL #DemsinPhilly Booing #HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/NmCdZzVhpW
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Video: DNC using white noise machine against #DNCLeaks chanting delegates? https://t.co/juKK9nhTYV #FeelTheBern #DemExit
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Hillary Clinton is the first female presidential candidate for a major US political party in the history of the country. Sanders delegates reportedly plan to burn their credentials as they walk out on Clinton's speech.
California delegates are walking out mid Clinton speech #DNCDisaster #DNC pic.twitter.com/pXgbRKhkqt
— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) July 29, 2016
BREAKING: MORE protesters being thrown out of the #DemConvention #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/iA4BZLfQ4I
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) July 29, 2016
