Susan Sarandon And Others Protest 'Slights' Against Bernie Sanders
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — "Bernie Sanders supporters, thank you. Thank you for supporting." said Susan Sarandon as she was swarmed by reporters on Wednesday.
Susan Sarandon joins protesters in media tent at the #DNCinPHL
Posted by CBS Philly on Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Sarandon has been a vocal Bernie supporter and was seen leaving the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia after Hillary Clinton officially became the Democratic Presidential Nominee.
I'm out https://t.co/ZLNyeEh5pH
— Susan Sarandon (@SusanSarandon) July 26, 2016
Sarandon, Danny Glover and Rosario Dawson are all protesting what they see as slights against Bernie Sanders supporters at the convention.
Sarandon at a brief press conference Wednesday evening said convention organizers scuttled planned remarks from prominent Sanders surrogate Nina Turner.
Turner is a former state senator from Ohio who hoped to announce Sanders' nomination Tuesday night even if rival Hillary Clinton had the votes to win.
Her supporters went to social media to say "I'm with Nina".
Apparently one of very few if not ONLY thing @BernieSanders asked 4 is to have @ninaturner speak and last minute they pulled it #IMWITHNINA
— Grassroots Media (@GrassrootsJill) July 27, 2016
#ImWithNina. Let's put democracy back in the #DNC pic.twitter.com/hKf851YIlv
— Bradley Van Waus (@BradleyVanWaus) July 27, 2016
People want more, we want representation. We cant have unity if our needs are not addressed-@joshfoxfilm #ImWithNina pic.twitter.com/n3OWL2OvRP
— RoseAnn DeMoro (@RoseAnnDeMoro) July 27, 2016
"Nina is such a powerful entity, & to dishonor her, and to hurt her, is dishonoring and hurting millions of people." ~@YahNeNdgo #imwithnina
— aaron (@leftyaaron) July 27, 2016
Sarandon said convention organizers are making it difficult to carry out "the will of Bernie Sanders' people."
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