Leah Daughtry, CEO of the Democratic National Convention Committee, walks onto the stage Friday, July 22, 2016, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, where the convention is scheduled to convene on Monday. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
Leah Daughtry, CEO of the Democratic National Convention Committee, walks onto the stage Friday, July 22, 2016, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, where the convention is scheduled to convene on Monday. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

2 p.m.: Sanders crowd boos senator

Bernie Sanders was loudly booed on Monday afternoon when he told a large crowd of his delegates that former secretary of state Hillary Clinton must be elected come November.

Partway though a speech in which the Vermont senator told thousands of supporters they must continue to fight for progressive issues, Sanders said voters must defeat Republican nominee Donald Trump by electing Clinton in November and continuing to push for issues such as defeating income inequality and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

But clearly, many Sanders supporters believe he is the man to do that rather than Hillary Clinton. 

As Sanders thundered, “Trump is a danger to the future of our country and must be stopped!” members of the crowd responded, “You can beat him Bernie!”

Some delegates also chanted “Bernie or bust!” and “Rescind your endorsement!” Sanders endorsed Clinton a few weeks ago at an event in New Hampshire.

Sanders will address the full delegation in a speech tonight, along with First Lady Michelle Obama and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Sanders supporters crowd hall to see senator speak

Bernie Sanders campaign volunteers announced they are starting an organization called “Our Revolution,” to continue the movement. A crowd has filled a hall waiting for Sanders to speak.

Touting the Robin Hood tax

10 a.m.: N.H. delegates say DNC chairwoman’s resignation appropriate

Some members of the New Hampshire delegation are reacting positively to the news that Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is stepping down after this week’s convention.

The move came after an outcry over leaked DNC emails, one of which appeared to show some party officials discussing ways to hurt Bernie Sanders during the primary election. One idea discussed included questioning the Vermont senator’s Jewish faith.

“I think the notion that someone would suggest making an issue of Sanders’s religion is completely innapropriate,” said Sanders delegate Renny Cushing, a state representative from Hampton.

Cushing said he thought Wasserman Schultz’s resignation was appropriate and said he was confident the Sanders and Clinton delegates could put aside their differences and unify during the convention.

It’s all about messaging

8 a.m.: Clinton campaign manager speaks to New England delegation

Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook was the first person to address the Northern New England delegation at the Monday morning breakfast.

The 36-year-old Mook has ties to New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. He told the delegation he was born at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon before being “whisked away” to his hometown of Sharon, Vt.

“This is like family, it’s an honor and a privilege to be here,” he said.

Mook’s short speech touched on the differences between the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, last week, saying the Philadelphia convention would showcase a much more open and inclusive party.

Plus, “former presidents from our party are actually going to show up,” Mook joked.

Delegtion breakfasts for the rest of the week will feature Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley and Cory Booker, to name a few.

 

7:30 a.m.: Sanders delegates greeted with a petition

Before most had even had their morning coffee, Bernie Sanders delegates from New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine were being asked to sign a petition to get the Vermont senator’s name on the ballot for the Democratic National Convention.

Frank Burns, a Sanders campaign volunteer from Media, Penn., greeted delegates as they stood in the breakfast line at the Wyndham Garden Hotel. 

Burns said the petition to get Sanders’s name on the ballot was one of the DNC rules, and he said he and a number of volunteers had spread out to various delegation hotels to collect signatures Monday morning.

He added that the petition was for already-decided Sanders supporters and that his goal was not to try to sway people.

“We’re specifically asking Sanders delegates,” he said.

Burns admitted his mission was a bit of a lofty one. He said that he hoped Sanders would eventually be voted in as the nominee “in the way you wish there’d be world peace tomorrow.”