The “Hillary” signs were being ripped off the walls of R.U.B. BBQ Pub in Detroit, almost immediately after the AP projected that Bernie Sanders had won the Michigan primary, writes the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino:

Clinton’s staff sat-sad faced staring at the results were projected across the row of TVs hung above the bar, while the few supporters left at the primary watch party shook their heads in disbelief.

“This was a huge disappointment,” said Silvia Tineo-Perez, a volunteer with the Clinton campaign. “I can’t believe it.”

After a day spent knocking on doors, Tineo-Perez said she noticed a gender and generational gap between Clinton and Sanders. Still she ended the day feeling confident that Clinton would win the industrial state.



.@BernieSanders is the projected winner of the Michigan primary in huge upset pic.twitter.com/9CyMFrsd7J — Lauren Gambino (@LGamGam) March 9, 2016

“This worries me,” Tineo-Perez said of Sanders’ win. “I was really afraid of that.”

Tineo-Perez, who is originally from Venezuela, said she is skeptical of revolutionary candidates who make big promises.

“I don’t think Bernie is Hugo Chavez. No, of course not! He wouldn’t go that far,” she said. “But he can’t do what he says he’s going to do. Free college? No. That’s not going to happen. He’s lying to the kids.”

US Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, a Democrat from Michigan, said the loss in the state was a setback but she was confident this didn’t disrupt her path to the nomination.

“It’s a 50-50 delegate split,” Lawrence said. “We’re going to move on and learn from this. The people spoke. That’s where we are.”

In the back of the pub, the staffers gathered around a table and clinked glasses. “She will be our next president,” one staffer declared. “On to the next.”



Updated at 13.01 EST