Vermin Supreme On DNC Protests

“Everybody's keeping their cool in spite of the heat,” said perennial presidential candidate and activist performance artist Vermin Supreme. “The police presence compared to Cleveland—I'm starting to wonder whether we ran out of cops or something.”

Thousands marched through the sweaty, steamy streets of Philadelphia as the Democratic National Convention formally opened on Monday. Protesters—who ranged from disaffected Democrats to pro-pot activists, socialists, anti-war groups, a small contingent of communists and many of varying political stripes—took off in groups from City Hall for several long marches to the Wells Fargo Convention Center. With chants of “Bernie beats Trump” and “Hell no DNC, we won't vote for Hillary,” they swarmed both lanes of Broad Street, shutting it down for most of the day.

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