Someone in Bernie section holding US flag marked with...

[brooklynite]

INVESTIGATE CLINTON FOUNDATION

STOLEN ELECTION

DEMOCRACY IS DEAD

[still_one]

1. When they go low, we will go high

[handmade34]

4. ^

[sufrommich]

11. +1000. nt

[Uponthegears]

18. ^^^ THIS

[DesertRat]

20. +1000

[BlueMTexpat]

35. + a million! eom

[DemonGoddess]

38. +1000!

[onecaliberal]

2. WHAT!!

[bananakabob]

3. 3 million more votes is "stolen"?

n/t

[Doctor Jack]

9. Uh, did you not see the emails....

...that show mild annoyance among low level staffers at the DNC? There's your proof. Check and mate

[SCantiGOP]

21. Case closed

There was a guy in my college dorm who would get in the stupidest discussions, and would end them by suddenly standing up and yelling "case closed"

[Doctor Jack]

22. Was he one of Trump's children?

[SCantiGOP]

27. No, just a stoner

[bananakabob]

37. That's not evidence of a stolen election.

And you're silly to think that the Democratic party would not do opposition research on a candidate who - until last year - wasn't a Democrat and could potentially run against a Democrat.

[auntpurl]

40. Sarcasm, my new DUer. That post was sarcasm.

Welcome to DU.

[bananakabob]

47. Haha! Oops!

Sorry I'm used to being on places like Mediaite where it's USUALLY a minefield. >_>

[still_one]

24. Hillary is the nominee. Having trouble dealing with that? Tough

[Drunken Irishman]

30. Their new conspiracy is bat-shit insane...

Basically, back in 2011, Tim Kaine, knowing one day Hillary would run for president against Bernie Sanders, stepped down so they could get DWS into the DNC solely for she could steal it - and to pay him back, Hillary gave him the VP nod FIVE YEARS LATER!

Forget for a second that Kaine stepped down to run for senate, a race he'd win, in what world does this even make sense? And who the fuck has the foresight to even plan something like that back in 2011?!?

[Maru Kitteh]

33. Oh God. Hadn't heard that one yet. Oh my. What is it with CT theories and wackos

and either side of the aisle?

[Gothmog]

5. One of these idiotscwere escorted out earlier

[BooScout]

10. Thank you!

I hope they escort them all out!

I hope you're having a great time!

[Mz Pip]

12. Good.

Poor little twits didn't get their pony. Clueless.

[still_one]

25. good

[geek tragedy]

6. we normally keep the freakshow where it belongs

hopefully they'll be preventing them from infiltrating in the future

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. That's obnoxious, but please don't tar Bernie with your brush.

He is not responsible for the asinine behavior of a small handful of former supporters. Those people can't be considered Sanders supporters any more because Sanders is supporting Clinton.

[Haveadream]

16. This is true

They are Bernie delegates and are ruining his legacy with their reckless actions. He has repeatedly begged them to stop but they don't care.

[Blue Idaho]

17. Unfortunately the ones damaging Bernie

Are the ones in the green T Shirts desecrating the American flag. I think most folks around here really giving Bernie the benefit of the doubt. But you know who is tarring Bernie with that brush? The MSM. They are identifying all these lunatics as "Sanders Supporters." I don't agree - but I'm not on television - they are.

[stopbush]

23. Yep. In Sanders defense, he was a novice to the national spotlight.

I doubt her had any idea what he was tapping into and what he was unleashing during his campaign. Certainly, his campaign managers had no idea or didn't care.

That's the thing with having followers: you own the crappy ones along with the great ones.

[SirBrockington]

31. One thing

He encouraged the negative chants etc etc during rallies. He sure as heck didn't say anything to stop it.

If at any point, Sanders had stopped, looked out, and said "we don't boo when naming
our competitor, we're above that, we're both democrats" or anything else. It would have ended.

[BT35]

39. "Reverse" campaigning

It's not uncommon to find "reverse" campaigners embedded in some compaigns. These are basically people who oppose the candidate/position but are there to disrupt. Based on the recent behavior of some Bernie or Bust delegates, it's possible these folks were "reverse" campaigners.

[Kathy M]

48. Have been wondering along same lines , could

any of them have been planted in by the Republicans ? I think Trump called out Bernie 's name way to often ...... claimed he had Bernie protesters himself ... were they ? Looking back I am wondering also about the Chicago protests and other if there were plants in them from the republicans to get things going ........

[Uponthegears]

19. And ^^^ THIS

[MoonRiver]

8. Sickos, nuff said

[redstateblues]

13. No open primaries. Thank you

[SummerSnow]

14. Just go home.

[ronnykmarshall]

15. FUCK THEM!

When I hear commentators say: "Let them (Bernie supporters) vent, they worked hard and are upset." My reply: "FUCK THAT SHIT! I worked and supported Hillary in 2008! I wasn't a fucking BABY and throw a fit. I threw my support to Obama. I've waited EIGHT YEARS for this moment. KISS my entire ass Bernie bots! Thank you."

[Dawson Leery]

26. Close the primaries and end the caucus system!

[BlueMTexpat]

36. And NO candidates for President

who have only been Democrats for a comparative five minutes. Never again.

Note: the closed primaries did require some people who were never Dems to register as Dems so that they could vote in those primaries. But they still cut down significantly on the last-minute crossovers and mischief-makers.

But some of those "latter-day" Dems used their Dem registration solely to become a fifth column and disrupt. They never had any intention of supporting a candidate other than their chosen one.

"Fifth column"

...any group of people who undermine a larger group—such as a nation or a besieged city—from within, usually in favor of an enemy group or nation. The activities of a fifth column can be overt or clandestine. Forces gathered in secret can mobilize openly to assist an external attack. This term is also extended to organized actions by military personnel. Clandestine fifth column activities can involve acts of sabotage, disinformation, or espionage executed within defense lines by secret sympathizers with an external force.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_column

[Flatpicker]

28. No more

The need to get Trump out of contention in this election tops the Bernie/Hillary fight.

It's time to come together. Too many Americans need this for us to faff around with this.

Bernie did some good for the cause. To give this election to Dirty Donald would be a slap in the face.

[apcalc]

29. That is why I'm watching C-span....

They don't show that distracting, unhelpful, crap.

[George II]

32. Defacing the American Flag? Federal crime!

[Warren DeMontague]

41. Uh, no. As much as some people may not like it, the 1st Amendment still applies.

Doesn't mean they can't get kicked out of the convention, doesn't mean they aren't being a royal jackass, but no, it's not a "federal crime".

http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/06/inside-the-supreme-courts-flag-burning-decision/

“If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable,” said Justice William Brennan.

[asimovecho]

34. these

rabid left wingers that go insane because there is a 1% difference in opinion are a cancer that must be purged from Democratic party.

[Sunlei]

43. a purge? no Ds aren't low like that.

[B Calm]

44. Way over the top.

We're trying to unite here, not divide.

[Warren DeMontague]

42. There's no "Bernie Section" anymore.

There is the Democratic Party section, that's it.

[Sunlei]

45. I bet Clintons, Sanders all of them take today off and slept till noon.

They were all awesome and a benefit for our Party unity

[Warren DeMontague]

46. It was a fucking stunner of a week.

I'm waiting to see the poll numbers.