Activists disrupt forum featuring candidates O’Malley, Sanders

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Washington Post:

John Wagner

July 18 2016

 

Jose Antonio Vargas, left, and former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, right, listen to Tia Oso, the national coordinator for the Black Immigration Network, during the Netroots Nation conference.

 

PHOENIX — A forum featuring two of the most liberal candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination was disrupted and taken over Saturday by liberal activists seeking to showcase their concerns for the plight of African Americans.

 

Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made back-to-back appearances in a presidential town hall that was part of the four-day Netroots Nation conference here, an annual gathering of 3,000 progressive activists that Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton elected to skip.

 

[In Iowa, the first face-off between Clinton, Sanders and other rivals]

 

Shortly into O’Malley’s allotted time, his discussion with a moderator was disrupted by more than 100 protesters that included members of Black Lives Matter, a group formed after teenager Trayvon Martin’s shooting in Florida, and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration.

 

As chanting protesters streamed to the front of the room, O’Malley looked stunned at first and then started clapping along.

 

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H/T Power Line

 

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Please, please, can these folks show up for the Democratic National Convention next summer, with a case of Chicago ’68 envy?

 

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Lucas Hernon, 30, of Las Cruces, N.M., who’s undecided in the presidential race, said he thought O’Malley handled the situation well except for when he said white lives also matter. “As a white person, we don’t need to be reminded of that,” Hernon said.

 

 

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