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As the Democratic National Convention kicks off today, there’s one group of attendees who are reluctant to say they’re #WithHer. For many Bernie Sanders delegates, the senator remains the only choice, or, as a few of them suggested in video interviews with Mother Jones—they’d rather vote for Donald Trump. Especially in light of a recent hack into the DNC’s internal email servers that revealed negative comments against Sanders, some Bernie supporters appear to believe that Hillary Clinton had swindled them in a rigged system.

But after Sanders’ attempt to rally support for Clinton this morning led to boos and protests, Sanders’ former national press secretary, Symone D. Sanders, took to Twitter to reject notions that the senator had been cheated. “I worked there,” she tweeted. “No one stole the election from us.” Check out her tweetstorm below:

Look, people are well within their rights to have passions and opinions. That is how we create change in this country. We need the passion!! — Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) July 25, 2016

But let me be clear – NO ONE STOLE THIS ELECTION! Team Sanders we did AMAZING WORK. But we lost. It’s a hard reality for some. — Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) July 25, 2016

It was a hard reality for me. Because I fought hard. Now, we won some great battles, but the reality is the system didn’t cheat us. — Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) July 25, 2016

Now the contents of the leaked emails show individuals were definitely biased, but 7 folks on an email didn’t “steal” the election. — Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) July 25, 2016

There are other qualms. Other valid arguments, but a stolen election is not one. I worked there. No one stole the election from us. — Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) July 25, 2016

It’s clear individuals didn’t honor their oath & now, folks are questioning the integrity of the process. Completely understandable. — Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) July 25, 2016

Folks like myself have a duty to call it what it is & then do everything we can to make it what it should be. That’s the beauty of our party — Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) July 25, 2016

So…lets take the passion and fervor and yes anger some feel and resolve to do all we can to contribute to making our party better. — Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) July 25, 2016

No doubt we have work to do, but the beauty of all this is….we all have a chance to get in this game and play. — Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) July 25, 2016