--- title: Philadelphia DNC: Reactions to Bernie Sanders' Speech description: When Bernie Sanders took the stage at the Democratic National Convention Monday night, the crowd cheered for the longest it had all night. canonical: https://time.com/4423460/democratic-convention-speech-bernie-sanders/ author: Diane Tsai article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-26T07:09:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T12:11:44.213Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the Reactions to Bernie Sanders' DNC Speech og:description: “I think it’s fair to say that no one is more disappointed than I am” og:url: https://time.com/4423460/democratic-convention-speech-bernie-sanders/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89c87796553619fd/69889f4b656a3feb39bcc75c/sequence-01-00_00_38_21-still001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: Bernie Sanders speech reactions og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Reactions to Bernie Sanders' DNC Speech twitter:description: “I think it’s fair to say that no one is more disappointed than I am” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89c87796553619fd/69889f4b656a3feb39bcc75c/sequence-01-00_00_38_21-still001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Emotional Reactions to Bernie Sanders' Democratic Convention Speech > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Diane Tsai / Philadelphia](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/) and [Jake Swantko / Philadelphia](https://time.com/author/jake-swantko/) Jul 26, 2016 7:09 AM UTC  Jake Swantko—TIME by [Diane Tsai / Philadelphia](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/) and [Jake Swantko / Philadelphia](https://time.com/author/jake-swantko/) Jul 26, 2016 7:09 AM UTC When Bernie Sanders took the stage at the [Democratic National Convention](http://time.com/4423242/dnc-michelle-obama-elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders/?xid=homepage) Monday night, the crowd cheered for the longest it had all night. Many were in tears when he brought up the final results of the nominating process, saying, “I think it’s fair to say that no one is more disappointed than I am.” Over the course of his speech, chants from the delegates ranged from “Feel the Bern” to “He’s With Her.” Though the night notably began with disruptive [Sanders supporters booing](http://time.com/4423051/democratic-convention-bernie-sanders-booing/?iid=sr-link2) mentions of Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, the Vermont Senator [renewed his call](http://time.com/4423362/democratic-convention-bernie-sanders-revolution/) to his supporters to back Clinton. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4423460/democratic-convention-speech-bernie-sanders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4423460/democratic-convention-speech-bernie-sanders/"},"headline":"Watch the Emotional Reactions to Bernie Sanders' Democratic Convention Speech","datePublished":"2016-07-26T07:09:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:11:44.213Z","description":"“I think it’s fair to say that no one is more disappointed than I am”","url":"https://time.com/4423460/democratic-convention-speech-bernie-sanders/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention","Bernie Sanders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89c87796553619fd/69889f4b656a3feb39bcc75c/sequence-01-00_00_38_21-still001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Diane Tsai / Philadelphia"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Jake Swantko / Philadelphia"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89c87796553619fd/69889f4b656a3feb39bcc75c/sequence-01-00_00_38_21-still001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bernie Sanders speech reactions","caption":"","creditText":"Jake Swantko—TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/democratic-national-convention/","name":"Democratic National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4423460/democratic-convention-speech-bernie-sanders/","name":"Watch the Emotional Reactions to Bernie Sanders' Democratic Convention Speech"}}]}] ```