Democratic Party Unity Events
Michael Thurmond takes a stab at uniting Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton supporters
Jim Galloway
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Michael Thurmond, who is a November vote away from being declared the next CEO of DeKalb County, has peacemaking on his mind. With Killer Mike and some other friends.
Thurmond will be one of four Georgians on the platform committee of the Democratic National Convention, which gathers later this month in Philadelphia. A hard draft of the document is expected to be voted on later this week at a meeting in Florida.
“Killer Mike” Render, the rapper, and Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry will represent the Sanders side. Meredith Lilly, an attorney and community organizer, and Tharon Johnson, a Democratic consultant, will represent the Clinton side.
Snoop Dogg to Headline "Unity" Event After Democratic National Convention
Emily Cahn
Mic
Democrats will be looking to an out-of-the-box figure to help bring their party together after Hillary Clinton accepts the Democratic presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia later this month.
Rapper Snoop Dogg will headline a Democratic "unity" event at the Electric Factory, a music venue in the heart of Philly, to bring together supporters of both Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, after Clinton officially becomes her party's standard bearer.
The event will be hosted by a trio of Democratic super PACs — Priorities USA, the super PAC backing Clinton, Senate Majority PAC, which seeks to elect Democrats to the Senate, and House Majority PAC, which helps boost House Democrats.
So, this is a thing.
