Sanders speaking Monday night at the DNC.
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Several Pennsylvania delegates at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week said despite Bernie Sanders being their candidate of choice, they will put their support behind Hillary Clinton because she is the party nominee.
Sanders delegate Anna Payne of Middletown said she would throw her support behind Clinton now that she is the nominee. Admitting that she truly believed in Sander’s message, Payne said it was time for the party to unite and come together.
Katherine Snyder, a Sander’s delegate from Philadelphia, had her image splashed across newspapers and websites Monday after she broke into tears after hearing Sander’s speak. She said she devoted a full month off of work to campaign for the far-left senator from Vermont.
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“Honestly, I don’t know,” Snyder said through tears when asked who she planned to vote for in November. “I might not even.”
Snyder’s friend, Amanda McIllmurray, also a Sander’s delegate, said she appreciated the speech and still had support for Sanders.
“I am disappointed (Sanders) lost, he gave a good speech (Monday) and at the appropriate time,” said Sander’s delegate Branin Boyd of Tioga County. “We need to get together, and I’ll vote for Hillary.”
Clinton delegate Kathy Boockvar, a Doylestown resident, called Sander’s words of unity of Monday a “powerful message” and a “phenomenal speech.”
“I remember I felt the same way some of the Sanders’ delegates do when the first candidate I supported lost,” State Rep. Tina Davis, a Clinton delegate from Bristol Township said. She added that it was a time for unity and not division in the Democratic party.
Anna Payne and State Rep. Tina Davis on the DNC floor.
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“Together, my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform America and that revolution – our revolution – continues. Election days come and go,” Sanders told the crowd at the convention.
The four days at the DNC has been filled with pro-Sanders protests both inside and outside convention. On Monday, pro-Sanders delegates could be heard yelling over Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s speech. Police were called Tuesday and Wednesday when peaceful Sander’s protesters staged sit-ins at the media tents outside the convention hall.
Many Sanders supporters from Pennsylvania and beyond have spoken out with varying opinions on Clinton this week, but nearly all have agreed that Sanders message has started a political revolution that they hope will carry forward.
