PHILADELPHIA – A Tennessee delegate has had his credential and duties rescinded and no longer has a seat at the Democratic National Convention after an altercation on Monday with a Bernie Sanders supporter.
Jerry Ogle, a Hillary Clinton delegate from Monroe County, was removed from Tennessee’s delegation Tuesday morning after it was determined that he violated the party’s code of conduct agreement when he had an inappropriate interaction with Amanda Kruel, a Sanders delegate.
“Yesterday I was cheering for Bernie as many others were and there was a guy behind me who was making faces at me. There was one point where he grabbed me by the shoulder and he twisted me around and yelled in my face ‘Act like a Democrat,’ ” Kruel, who is from Knoxville, said while describing Ogle’s actions as “assault.”
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