We're happy to confirm that it was our very own Tour Manager who did this! We could not do the job that we do without him, just as every band you love could not do the work they do without the numerous crew members and people working behind the scenes.” (Anyone who wants to check out the band, sans merch opportunities, can check them out Thursday on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series.) Says Pup’s own Steve Sladkowski: “The image the internet fell in love with today is the sort of perfect crystallization of Dan’s singular ability to keep us all sane and laughing when we tour together. “You have to stay at the table all night with the hopes that someone finally pays attention to what you’re selling. Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter after her speech to clear up the point of her remarks.Variety reached the man behind the meme, who explained his inspiration: “Being a merch person for a support band can be a tough, thankless gig,” says Case the tour manager. That she nominated Sanders at a convention designed to formally nominate Biden, however, caused a bit of confusion on Twitter among those who tuned in. It’s all part of the convention process of actually nominating the party’s nominee. The convention proceedings Tuesday included a formal roll call of delegates, an archaic procedure by which each candidate who won sufficient support during the primaries and caucuses to receive delegates can then be nominated for president (unless the candidate has already turned over those delegates to the presumptive nominee). “In a time when millions of people in the United States are looking for deep systemic solutions to our crises of mass evictions, unemployment, and lack of health care, and espíritu del pueblo and out of a love for all people, I hereby second the nomination of Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont for president of the United States of America,” she said. Joe Biden officially claimed the party's nomination moments later.
She ended by formally seconding the nomination of Sanders, I-Vt., to be her party's presidential nominee, a procedural move.
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