![]() ![]() Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter after her speech to clear up the point of her remarks. That she nominated Sanders at a convention designed to formally nominate Biden, however, caused a bit of confusion on Twitter among those who tuned in. ![]() It’s all part of the convention process of actually nominating the party’s nominee. ![]() The convention proceedings Tuesday included a formal roll call of delegates, an archaic procedure by which each candidate who won sufficient support during the primaries and caucuses to receive delegates can then be nominated for president (unless the candidate has already turned over those delegates to the presumptive nominee). “In a time when millions of people in the United States are looking for deep systemic solutions to our crises of mass evictions, unemployment, and lack of health care, and espíritu del pueblo and out of a love for all people, I hereby second the nomination of Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont for president of the United States of America,” she said. ![]() Joe Biden officially claimed the party's nomination moments later. Bernie Sanders spoke at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, saying that even though he did not receive the nomination 'our movement continues.' Subscribe to NBC News. She ended by formally seconding the nomination of Sanders, I-Vt., to be her party's presidential nominee, a procedural move. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |