Frenemies
Platform Fight Shows Some Sanders Supporters Still Wary of Clinton
Surrogates for Clinton and Sanders were eager to praise the platform document and downplay talk of tension between their camps.
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The final amendment to the Democratic Party platform was meant to sprinkle Hillary Clinton’s name throughout the document, putting a contentious and drawn-out primary process to rest in favor of a unified party. It never came up for a vote.
Despite having the support of both the Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaign staffs, the amendment hadn't been run by committee members or Sanders supporters in the audience, some of whom angrily shouted down the language because, they argued, Clinton isn't the official nominee yet.