I am a member of the Platform Committee. Lena Thompson, MI — appointed by the Bernie campaign. Below, is what I witnessed and what others witnessed in Orlando FL at the Democratic Party Platform meeting July 8 & 9.

First: Read about the Final Amendment bullshit that the HRC camp tried to ram down our throats, here

They slipped the final amendment in, without first giving everyone a paper copy. They wanted to enshrine HRC’s name into the platform wording, as our nominee.

But, Bernie has not conceded!

So, we protested (the guests in the room and committee members) and they (HRC camp) eventually withdrew the amendment. But the whole weekend, they over powered us, with their planned voting. Because, they received all of the amendments before we did and they knew how to vote for each one beforehand.

One of the main reasons we could not pass our amendments at the full meeting of the Democratic Party Platform drafting, is because the deck was stacked against us. On the Platform Committee there were 70 Bernie, 86 Hillary and 25 DNC. Of course the DNC was stacked by DWS and full of lobbyists, so we knew exactly how they were expected to vote. But you would think that some folks would actually vote on their own. But they didn’t. The HRC camp voted as a block, but not out of conscience (in my opinion). They voted based on being “whipped”. They were usually texted secretly or outwardly indicated what they waned on a vote, throughout the whole 2 day event. Some HRC folks were even chased down if they were late for a roll call vote or scolded later for voting incorrectly.

Picture: Hillary camp with thumbs down. Bernie camp with green paper held up. This was the indicator for the “Medicare for All” amendment, by Michael Lighty, Policy Director of the National Nurses United. It was voted down by HRC and DNC camp. Video below.