Democratic convention fails to meet uncommitted delegate deadline for Palestinian speaker
by Rachel Leingang and Andrew Roth in Chicago from US news | The Guardian on (#6Q62T)
Ceasefire movement staged sit-in after weeks of unsuccessful attempts to get representative on main stage
After a daylong sit-in, uncommitted delegates entered the United Center to take their seats among their state delegations on the Democratic national convention floor.
The Democratic convention failed to make a 6pm CT deadline that the ceasefire delegates had set for a final decision on allowing a Palestinian American to speak from the main stage.
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