--- title: Bernie Sanders Defiant After Nevada Convention Chaos description: Bernie Sanders is remaining defiant in the face of calls from Democratic leaders to condemn unrest fomented by his supporters canonical: https://time.com/4339571/bernie-sanders-nevada-convention-chaos/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-18T00:05:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:37:21.866Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bernie Sanders Defiant After Nevada Convention Chaos og:description: The chair of the Nevada Democratic Party said she received death threats og:url: https://time.com/4339571/bernie-sanders-nevada-convention-chaos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce3d04f447144c25/698893a4524fc04192df8092/bernie-sanders-new-jersey.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Bernie Sanders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bernie Sanders Defiant After Nevada Convention Chaos twitter:description: The chair of the Nevada Democratic Party said she received death threats twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce3d04f447144c25/698893a4524fc04192df8092/bernie-sanders-new-jersey.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bernie Sanders Defiant After Nevada Convention Chaos by [Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News May 18, 2016 12:05 AM UTC  Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally in Piscataway, N.J. on May 8, 2016. Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally in Piscataway, N.J. on May 8, 2016.Mel Evans—AP by [Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News May 18, 2016 12:05 AM UTC Bernie Sanders is remaining defiant in the face of calls from Democratic leaders to condemn unrest fomented by his supporters following the Nevada Democratic State convention Saturday night. Sanders supporters threw chairs, started fights, and booed officials — including a top Sanders surrogate — at the convention in Las Vegas, which was the final step in allocating Nevada’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The supporters felt the party had conspired against them to tip the scales in favor of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. After the convention, the party’s headquarters were [vandalized ](http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/22043612-113/democratic-party-headquarters-in-carson-city-vegas-spray#)with pro-Sanders graffiti and the chairwoman of the party received. . . 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