But Cummings says he is not upset about it because he is a veteran of civil rights protests and understands the passions that drove the mostly young delegates to shout over him on Monday. More than 100 people have since apologized for the outbursts, Cummings said.
In an interview Thursday, Cummings said most of those who were shouting probably didn’t know that he worked with Sanders as chairman of the convention’s platform drafting committee. “Bernie got 90 percent of what he wanted,” he said.
Cummings, an African American and close ally of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, was in the middle of a speech in which he remembered his late father — a sharecropper in South Carolina — and spoke about the Black Lives Matter movement when Sanders’ supporters started chanting “No TPP” and holding up signs.
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Couldn't have been disrespectful to a more deserving, less worthwhile character!
They showed the DNC elites as much respect as the party shows regular people.
Disrespect is how Elijah obstructed justice during all thing Hillary! He's not for Americans he's looking to jump on Clinton train. Too bad for him that Hillary hates black people. Guess he'll learn that soon enough.
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They did not respect you Mr. Cummings.
None of us do.
respect must be earned not dictated. Down with hillary!
Cummings shows his ignorance every time he opens his mouth.
Why should anyone respect you Mr. Cummings?
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