If you’re getting your coverage of the Democratic National Convention from TV like most people, chances are you’re seeing the beauty and tranquility of a unified party of delegates coming together to elect Hillary Clinton their presidential nominee.
Except, that’s not exactly true. Like, at ALL!
From BizPac Review:
And according to a growing number of reports, you’d be wrong.
The convention discord amounts to more than a few outbursts from supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Things began unraveling as early as Tuesday, the second day of the convention, when Sanders delegates and supporters staged a walk-out and exited the convention floor en masse.
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NBC News producer Monica Alba reported:
That moment of unity followed by… #BernieOrBust faithful walk out of Wells Fargo pic.twitter.com/7OIAcacVVu
— Monica Alba (@albamonica) July 26, 2016
Onto greener pastures! (literally). SO proud of everyone who walked out of that room tonight! #DNCWalkOut #DemExit pic.twitter.com/PNKFDtLuyH
— Natalie (@Natooshka318) July 27, 2016
What resulted was a half-empty convention hall that needed filling — fast.
At least one man purporting to be a Sanders delegate returned the following day and claimed that the nearly empty convention floor he found on his arrival was magically filled — by what he called “seat fillers.”
“It’s real — they’re in here now,” he said. “There are a lot of people sitting there who I do not know or have seen the entire time I was here.”
Got to keep up with appearances. It doesn’t matter what the crowd does, or what the it looks like outside. What matter is what’s caught on camera.