2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSanders drowned out at speech with campaign’s own noisemakers
The Battle Born/Battleground Dinner hosted by Nevada Democrats at the MGM Grand on Wednesday night appeared to be a bit of a struggle for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, caught between appreciation for his boisterous supporters and struggling to be heard over them.
The problem? While former Secretary of State Hillary Clintons camp played to the eyes with neon blue glow sticks, Sanders campaign went for the ears, passing out red air horns and yellow vuvuzelas. (The horns earned international infamy during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.)
The problem for Sanders was that not only did supporters eagerly use their noisemakers before and during the event but also in the middle of the Democratic presidential candidate's speech.
When Sanders took the stage, there was a chorus of high-pitched squeals from the air horns mixed with deep blasts from the vuvuzelas a cacophony that continued for several moments as Sanders tried to begin his speech.
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Punkingal
(9,522 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Guess there was just a tad too much enthusiasm for Bernie!
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(47,803 posts)Shocking. Totally shocking.
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