Bernie supporters have entered media tent chanting "we are the people" and "this is what democracy looks like" pic.twitter.com/AQhXak5y0Z
— Mary Georgantopoulos (@marygeorgant) July 26, 2016
Chanting ‘this is what democracy looks like’ and ‘we are the people’.
Via The Hill:
Dozens of Bernie Sanders delegates walked out of the arena in protest and entered the media tent at the Democratic National Convention, minutes after Hillary Clinton was made the party’s nominee.
Minutes after she clinched, throngs of supporters for her primary rival Sanders clogged the hallways, beginning to chant, “this is what democracy looks like” and “this is our country.” From another side of the arena, several people wearing “Black Lives Matter” shirts also joined in as the group headed outside to the media tent.
When asked if they were being forced out of the arena, one woman clad in a Bernie t-shirt said they were leaving voluntarily, adding, “It’s been a tough day.”
As a group of Sanders supporters entered the media tent, they were swarmed by reporters with bulky cameras and iPhones.
Several people decked out in Bernie gear were also escorted out of the arena by DNC staff. One woman screamed that she would not vote for Clinton and said she planned to “leave the Democratic party.”
The media tent is next to the Wells Fargo Center, where Democratic leaders were urging the party to unite ahead of the election.
“Because we did…what our delegations sent us here to do. We cast our votes for Sen. Sanders,” Michael Lopez, a North Dakota delegate, told The Hill, when asked why they waited until after Clinton was formally the nominee to walk out.
Update:
Members of the media, tongue in cheek, plead for help:
