NYT: Protesters Largely Failed To Disrupt Convention

The New York Times reports:

It wasn’t 1968. It wasn’t even close. After months of anticipation, planning and vows of mass protest in Chicago that called to mind the tumult of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the demonstrators who challenged the Democratic Party over the conflict in Gaza remained largely in the background. While thousands of people joined enthusiastic daily protests in parks and on the streets of Chicago, their numbers were fewer than organizers had hoped.

All week, demonstrators chanted and marched near the convention site, angrily calling for a cease-fire and an end to U.S. aid for Israel, but failed to seriously disrupt the convention and its celebration of Vice President Kamala Harris, the party’s presidential nominee. Though many demonstrators hoped that the convention organizers would grant a speaker of Palestinian descent a chance to address the crowd, that request was ultimately denied.

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“Protests at the Democrats’ Convention Weren’t as Big and Disruptive as Some Expected” by Julie Bosman, Mitch Smith, Ernesto Londoño, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Jon Cherry via NYT https://t.co/3GHCOHJSFU pic.twitter.com/lLlEXDmnWU

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