--- ---  # Watch Democrats Protest Hillary Clinton During the Convention Prayer by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 25, 2016 9:47 PM UTC  Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake bangs the gavel calling to order the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake bangs the gavel calling to order the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 25, 2016 9:47 PM UTC The theme for the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia is “United Together,” but so far the unity has been elusive. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders [sent a text message to his delegate whips](https://www.yahoo.com/news/sanders-texts-delegates-please-don-000000137.html), asking them to not engage in protests on the convention floor on Monday. But that did not stop a some in the audience from interrupting the opening prayer with chants of “Bernie!” Watch a video of the protest above. Democratic Convention: Watch Protest During Opening Prayer ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4422711/watch-democrats-protest-hillary-clinton-during-the-convention-prayer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4422711/watch-democrats-protest-hillary-clinton-during-the-convention-prayer/"},"headline":"Watch Democrats Protest Hillary Clinton During the Convention Prayer","datePublished":"2016-07-25T21:47:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:31:59.939Z","description":"The theme for the first night of the Democratic National Convention is \"United Together,\" but so far the unity has been elusive.","url":"https://time.com/4422711/watch-democrats-protest-hillary-clinton-during-the-convention-prayer/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Bernie Sanders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57421a67e93e3380/69889f2e656a3f584ebcc72e/democratic-convention1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57421a67e93e3380/69889f2e656a3f584ebcc72e/democratic-convention1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake bangs the gavel calling to order the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","caption":"Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake bangs the gavel calling to order the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","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/4422711/watch-democrats-protest-hillary-clinton-during-the-convention-prayer/","name":"Watch Democrats Protest Hillary Clinton During the Convention Prayer"}}]}] ```