Fireworks at San Francisco DNC meeting as committee votes down climate debate resolution

[brooklynite]

San Jose Mercury

SAN FRANCISCO — A Democratic National Committee meeting erupted into a bitter battle Thursday morning over the question of holding a climate-specific presidential debate, with party officials stamping down a resolution calling for a such an event in the face of raucous opposition from activists.

In a 17-to-8 vote, the DNC’s Resolutions Committee defeated a resolution that called for the candidates to debate each other about their views and policies on climate change — on a national stage.

Young protesters filling the room hissed, jeered and sang the union song “Which Side Are You On?” before and after the vote.

The two-hour-plus debate laid bare tensions in the party between climate activists and party leaders, and a generational divide between the mostly young protesters and the DNC officials.

[JI7]

1. did these so called activists support Jay Inslee when he was running ?

[femmedem]

3. Why would you call them so-called activists? They are activists.

You might disagree with them about the strategic wisdom of a climate debate (I don't), but they are at a DNC meeting fighting to make sure that the most important issue facing any of us for decades to come isn't debated in sixty-second sound bites. They deserve respect.

[Scurrilous]

2. Hissing and jeering?

Takes me back...