“I have won three tough races and I know how to message in a way that will help us win a durable Democratic majority who will help us be able to win up and down the ballot,” Porter said.
Schiff spoke to delegates about his clashes with former President Donald Trump. Schiff, who represents the San Fernando Valley, helped lead the first Trump impeachment inquiry and later served on the House Jan. 6 committee.
“When we had a corrupt president of the United States, I investigated him, I impeached him,” Schiff said. “And when he engaged in insurrection, I helped expose him so that the Justice Department could prosecute him.”
Reese, a former executive at Google and Gusto, began her remarks asking delegates to participate in a breathing exercise, hoping to ease the tension in the hall. She told the crowd that she supported a cease-fire.
“I already said I supported it. I already supported it, so if you want to support someone who supports you … ,” she said as chants from the protesters drowned her out.
Democratic Party Chairman Rusty Hicks, who took to the stage in an effort to quell the demonstrations, said in a statement that “a small number of non-Delegate protesters circumvented venue security and disrupted the program.”
“They were heard and following a closing statement by the final candidate, the program was concluded and all attendees exited the venue,” Hicks said in the statement. “We look forward to the continuation of a successful Convention this afternoon with voting on endorsements, caucus meetings, and hospitality events.”
The raucous reception from party delegates, a group that is more progressive than the overall Democratic electorate, was a fitting greeting for the candidates hoping to fill the seat held until recently by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein until her death on Sept. 29. At the party’s 1990 convention, Feinstein was shouted down by delegates who opposed her support for the death penalty. Months later, she featured the jeering episode in a campaign ad in her run for governor.
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