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La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
Sun Jan 15, 2017, 12:39 AM Jan 2017

Is it my imagination or did some alt left people boo John lewis at the dnc?

Or was that just for Elijah Cummings?

I remember civil rights heroes being booed at the convention this year. Pretty sure it happened to lewis, but can someone confirm or disconfirm?

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Is it my imagination or did some alt left people boo John lewis at the dnc? (Original Post) La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 OP
I clearly remember John Lewis being booed at the DNC. betsuni Jan 2017 #1
Party conservatives might have done it Warpy Jan 2017 #2
Definately not your imagination bravenak Jan 2017 #3
Occupiers refused to let him speak during the Occupy Wall Street protests as well sweetloukillbot Jan 2017 #4
How they treated Lewis is a moment I'll never forget. rogue emissary Jan 2017 #12
Yes- this happened. Fuck the alt left, or whatever misnomer they want to apply to themselves. NBachers Jan 2017 #5
yes they did, and they booed Hillary during her speech which was fucked up. JI7 Jan 2017 #6
They did I clearly recall that Coolest Ranger Jan 2017 #7
No not just you Quayblue Jan 2017 #8
It happened. It was sickening. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #9
yes . many on du who claimed to support sanders have been supporting trump JI7 Jan 2017 #10
They did. BlueMTexpat Jan 2017 #11
They most certainly did. sheshe2 Jan 2017 #13
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2017 #14

betsuni

(27,301 posts)
1. I clearly remember John Lewis being booed at the DNC.
Sun Jan 15, 2017, 01:07 AM
Jan 2017

When I Googled, first thing that came up was The Boone County Democrat from September where a delegate described it: "When John Lewis got up to speak, he was booed continuously throughout his speech by Sanders supporters."

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
2. Party conservatives might have done it
Sun Jan 15, 2017, 01:56 AM
Jan 2017

WTF is the "alt left" supposed to be and how would it ever get into the DNC?

sweetloukillbot

(12,660 posts)
4. Occupiers refused to let him speak during the Occupy Wall Street protests as well
Sun Jan 15, 2017, 02:05 AM
Jan 2017

That was when I lost respect for the Occupy movement

NBachers

(18,192 posts)
5. Yes- this happened. Fuck the alt left, or whatever misnomer they want to apply to themselves.
Sun Jan 15, 2017, 02:33 AM
Jan 2017

They own this shit storm.

Quayblue

(1,045 posts)
8. No not just you
Sun Jan 15, 2017, 09:11 AM
Jan 2017


That's why I take none of these folks opinions seriously. Bandwagoning at its finest.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,065 posts)
9. It happened. It was sickening.
Sun Jan 15, 2017, 09:15 AM
Jan 2017

I wonder sometimes if those supposed "liberal" Bernie supporters were Trump supporters.

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