Hundreds of Sanders supporters walk out after Clinton nominated Demonstrators swarm the press tent with chants recalling Occupy Wall Street.

More than a hundred Bernie Sanders supporters walked out of the Wells Fargo Center after Hillary Clinton won the roll call vote making her the Democratic nominee for president.

The demonstration flouted the party's efforts to quell the revolt, even after Sanders himself moved to nominate Clinton by acclamation, and there were essentially no audible nays in the arena during the voice vote.


Waving "Bernie or Bust" signs and wearing gags, Robin Hood hats and at least one Princess Leia costume, the demonstrators chanted "Walk out," "This is what democracy looks like," and "We are the 99 percent," recalling the Occupy Wall Street protests of 2011. Others sang "This land is your land." After filing out of the arena they entered the press tent in search of obliging cameras, eventually taking over a tent and triggering a lockdown, with even credentialed media denied access from outside, according to multiple reports.

"The whole world is watching," they chanted. Then, "She lied, she cheated, she stole our votes."

Cops streamed in after them and shut the doors. Rifle-armed Secret Service agents watched with binoculars as a police helicopter circled overhead.

Two lines of Pennsylvania state troopers arranged themselves in at-ease formation facing the protesters. Four protesters began a line facing the state cops as both groups stared each other down.

Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, tweeted, "I'm calling on all who have a conscience, who value people, planet & peace above profit, to leave the neoliberal Democratic Party."

Sanders has appealed for party unity, but his supporters at the protest either didn't believe he was sincere or didn't care to heed his call.

"The thing is, this is not a betrayal to Bernie, this is exactly what Bernie wants us to do," said Kay West, a Sanders supporter from Texas.

"Bernie said to vote your conscience, and the DNC has colluded against us from the beginning," said Elizabeth Maratea of New Jersey. "This was not a Democratic convention. This was a Hillary party."

Another protester, Lynette McClain of Colorado, said she would consider voting for Clinton, but only if she took steps to win Sanders supporters over. “he needs to turn over the transcripts, admit that there was voter fraud and corruption, she needs to listen to Bernie supporters and see how she can bring them in. She hasn’t done that," she said.

Meanwhile, outside the convention grounds, around one thousand people including protesters, police and reporters, marched down Philadelphia's Broad Street toward the Wells Fargo arena, part of a Black Lives Matter protest.

"Let's not help Trump," read one sign. "Protest, but peacefully."

Darren Samuelsohn contributed to this report.