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Nevada Democratic Convention Turns Violent

Fighting broke out between rival supporters of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton at the Democratic convention in Nevada on Saturday. Raw Story reports: Tensions were high between supporters of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the Las Vegas Sun reports. They apparently spilled over on the state convention floor. Fight just broke out. Someone got their credentials snatched pic.twitter.com/RnDSMxaiI4 — Laura Martin (@LauraKMM) May 14, 2016 People can be seen scuffling, and a woman says into a microphone, “We need a medic in the front, a medic in the front.” The Sun reports that the Democratic convention in Clark County last month was rocky due to the deep rift between the supporters of the two candidates. Clinton currently leads in the state, though a Sanders supporter was quoted as saying the senator had “won” Nevada after the convention there. “We need a medic in the front. A medic in the front.” At a goddamn Democratic convention.https://t.co/XPbvMlyTNd — Sady Doyle (@sadydoyle) May 14, 2016 Nina Turner up on stage trying to calm the Berners #nvdems #nvdemconvention pic.twitter.com/oCdcYq4tUu — Christopher Preciado (@CMPreciado) May 14, 2016 The Democrats were meeting Saturday at the Paris Hotel & Casino [...]