Tuesday DNC a Slap in Face to Sanders Fans

After the Democratic National Convention opening night sought to highlight presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton’s more “progressive” side, Day 2 will promptly remind voters of Clinton’s deep financial ties to Wall Street and disdain for the legions of Sanders supporters her elite allies consider rabble.

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The DNC kicked off to a rough start. The first day was marked with protests and discord from the Sanders wing of the party — and sobbing fans booing any mention of Hillary. The Clinton machine, no doubt expecting some of this disunity, lined up their biggest arsenal of progressive speakers — including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders himself.

As if the parade of Wall Street figureheads in Democratic power positions weren’t enough, Clinton will bring California Sen. Barbara Boxer to the stage Tuesday … who first tagged Sanders supporters as an angry rabble.

But the mere words from the progressive pair may do little to calm the growing rebellion against Hillary Clinton on the Left, particularly as her husband, and other Democratic Establishment figures ensnared in the net of global elite interests, take the spotlight Tuesday night.

Indeed, Tuesday night’s DNC lineup features a veritable who’s who of Establishment Democratic politics. Establishment leaders in Congress, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, will take the stage for Hillary. Pelosi has condemned progressive hero Warren in the past, calling the Massachusetts senator unrepresentative of the Democratic Party and saying there was no consensus behind Warren’s push to regulate big banks.

And then there’s Schumer. The New York Times profile of Schumer in 2008 was titled, “A Champion of Wall Street Reaps Benefits.”

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The financial industry celebrated Schumer’s scheduled rise to lead Senate Democrats when incumbent Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced he would step down at the end of his term. Schumer “knows everybody in the financial community, as it’s based in New York, on a first-name basis,” said former New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg, a Republican who recently chaired the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, in an interview with CNN.

“It’ll be a big plus to have somebody like that if he ends up being Democratic leader,” Gregg said. “He may not agree with you, but at least you’re going to get a fair hearing and he’s going to understand what you’re talking about.”

And as if the parade of Wall Street figureheads in Democratic power positions wasn’t enough, Clinton will Boxer to the stage on Tuesday.

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It was Clinton ally Boxer who insinuated angry supporters of Sanders at the May Nevada Democratic Convention were unruly, even violent, after the Clinton camp used parliamentary rules to deny the Sanders camp additional delegates. “I feared for my safety and I had a lot of security around me,” Boxer told CNN.” “I’ve never had anything like this happen.”

“It was a scary situation,” Boxer continued. “It was frightening. I was on the stage. People were six feet away from me. If I didn’t have a lot of security, I don’t know what would have happened.”

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This same Boxer defended Clinton’s own ties to Wall Street in February 2016, saying, “you have to recognize Hillary Clinton was the senator for New York,” during an appearance on The Huffington Post Live.

The Day 2 DNC Convention lineup also includes Establishment, anti-Sanders figures like Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a longtime Clinton crony. and former Attorney General Eric Holder, who helped Bill Clinton pardon financier Marc Rich on his final day in office.

So if reticent Sanders supporters weren’t won over by Warren and Sanders on the first day of the DNC, they will promptly understand Tuesday that the Clinton train is leaving — with or without them.