Obama denounces violence at Nevada’s Democratic convention

[hill2016]

Sad that this has to be said at a Democratic convention

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/280213-white-house-political-disputes-never-justify-violence

“The president on a number of occasions has spoken out against violence and has certainly said a political dispute like this can never be used to justify violence or a threat of violence,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.

Earnest said disputes like the one in Nevada should be resolved peacefully and that the “expectation the president has is that there will be a strong commitment to that principle of nonviolence.”

[MariaThinks]

1. i guess Obama just lost the bernie vote

[Skwmom]

2. Where is the evidence of violence?

[hill2016]

3. ask the White House and Obama

they must have found it pretty convincing

[hellofromreddit]

4. Lange did violence to the rules.

[Cali_Democrat]

11. Wut? How does one do "violence to the rules" written on a piece of paper? nt

[hellofromreddit]

14. "do violence to" is a common idiom. Search it for more explanation.

Or check a thesaurus if you have one around.

[Txbluedog]

10. You honestly think that the WH would put out a statement without evidence

[Skwmom]

5. Was it okay for the Hillary supporter to punch the Bernie supporter?

[scscholar]

12. Well it was interesting to finally...

find a passionate Hillary supporter.

[concreteblue]

19. Go a link? I need to document that.

EOM

[Waiting For Everyman]

6. We "don't do cowering" either, Obama.

He should try and remember when he had a spine. Before he sold us out.

[AtomicKitten]

7. There is no evidence of violence but, if you're worried, stop cheating and invoking anger.

[Maru Kitteh]

15. You mean the cheating that the Sanders campaign has officially challenged?

Of course he hasn't. Why is that?

a. It doesn't exist

or

b. He doesn't care enough about the "revolution" to bother with it.

[AtomicKitten]

16. The cheating vis a vis election fraud and voter suppression, much of it caught on video.

[Maru Kitteh]

17. I guess Bernie doesn't care enough about the "revolution" to challenge then!

How super-sad for the revolutionaries.

[oldandhappy]

8. So, who are you believing Mr. President?

[Skwmom]

9. How about a strong commitment to the principles of a democratic process?

Of course not. Anything is okay to elect the Corporatist.

[Maru Kitteh]

13. Thank you President Obama.

Sad that this even had to be said but obviously the POTUS has WAY more integrity than SBS. I bet he didn't run away from a microphone and ask his handlers and wait for them to spoon-feed him his thoughts & statements first.

[JaneyVee]

18. LIKE A BOSS!