Nevada Chaos
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Bernie Sanders Facing Pressure Over Supporters’ Actions in NevadaRaising the prospect of lasting fissures in the Democratic Party, Senator Bernie Sanders rebuffed mounting pressure on Tuesday to rein in his supporters after they disrupted a weekend Democratic convention in Nevada, throwing chairs and later threatening the state party chairwoman in a fight over delegates. The uproar comes as Hillary Clinton is struggling to turn her and the party’s attention to the general election.
From the Left
Wasserman Schultz on Sanders' response to Nevada chaos: 'Anything but acceptable'Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz panned Bernie Sanders' response to reports of violence at the Nevada Democratic state convention over the weekend, calling it "anything but acceptable."
Wasserman Schultz was speaking on CNN on Tuesday night, after a day in which the Sanders campaign exchanged pointed public statements with the DNC and the Nevada Democratic Party over allegations that the campaign encouraged "extra-parliamentary behavior — indeed, actual violence" at the convention, in the words of the state Democ
From the Right
MSNBC’s Maddow: Dems Might ‘Need To Be More Concerned’ About Party Discontent Than GOP, ‘Really Could Lose’ NVMSNBC host Rachel Maddow stated that while most of the election coverage has focused on discord on the GOP side, “I have to wonder if it’s not the Democrats who might now need to be more concerned” while discussing the Nevada State Democratic Convention on Monday.
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