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California Democratic convention turns into Trump-bashing festival

SAN FRANCISCO - Chanting, clapping and promoting a panoply of causes, thousands of Democrats on Saturday turned San Francisco into a boisterous festival dedicated to chasing President Trump from office.

The difference from any other day in this famously liberal bastion was organization and a formal agenda: The gathering was hosted by California's Democratic Party, which attracted 5,000 delegates and guests and a small platoon of presidential hopefuls to its spring convention.

Sen. Kamala Harris, the state's junior senator and a presidential contestant, set the fist-shaking partisan tone when she launched the march of White House contestants.

"Democrats, we have a fight on our hands," she said, "and it's a fight for

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