Silverman had supported Sanders, but now says she will vote for Clinton “with gusto”.
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“She really needs to realize how tough it is for most people and how she makes an authentic attempt at realizing how tough it is for most people – that will be what she needs to try to get over”, Irene McKirdy, Sanders supporter, said.
Indeed, Clinton’s long political resume – secretary of state, senator, first lady – has sometimes seemed an odd fit for an electorate deeply frustrated with Washington and eager to rally around unconventional candidates like Trump and Sanders.
The roll call of the states, in recent years an irrelevant if colorful political convention anachronism, became a focal point of Democratic unity Tuesday night, as Bernie Sanders took the microphone when it was over to ask that his rival Hillary Clinton be nominated by acclamation.
Sections of the convention hall were left conspicuously unpopulated on Tuesday night as delegates from strongly pro-Sanders delegations, including California, walked out after Sanders moved that Clinton be named the nominee.
But some supporters of socialist Sanders did not agree with the move.
Former President Bill Clinton weaved a parable of Clinton’s work for children, the sick and the disabled into the story of their relationship.
“They did not have easy lives and they died young”, said Larry Sanders.
“And a lot of those people will never vote for Hillary Clinton and they don’t feel like their voices have been heard, so that’s what some of this represents”, she continued.
The nominating formalities on Tuesday night will mark a moment of vindication for Clinton who emerged from the wreckage of her unsuccessful 2008 bid – in which she started out as highly favored – to serve as secretary of state in Obama’s “Team of Rivals” cabinet.
She will take on Donald Trump, who won the Republican nomination a week ago.
The former president’s comments evoked a huge cheer from the crowd at the Democratic National Convention.
The former president traced his relationship with his wife back decades, recalling in great detail the first time he spotted her on a law school campus and the impact she had on pushing him into politics.
The former president told a captivated crowd, vacillating from silence to cheers, why his wife of more than 40 years – “the best darn change maker I’ve ever known” – must be elected as the country’s next president.
Former President Bill Clinton is telling the Democratic convention about Hillary Clinton working on projects in rural and small town Arkansas to help children and others. But Bill Clinton will be the first in history to combine the two.
“She doesn’t understand trade”, Trump said.
“What an incredible honor that you have given me and I can’t believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet”, she said.
During Hillary Clinton’s Democratic primary campaign against Vermont Sen. Much of the convention’s second night will be devoted to introducing voters to Clinton anew, including three hours of speakers who will highlight issues she has championed for years, including health care and advocacy for children and families. “So to support her is just bad”.
“This is not the Bill show, this is the Hillary show and he has to be careful to not even come up to the line of…” FBI Director James Comey deemed Clinton’s handling of classified information “careless”, but she will not face criminal charges for it. Her Republicans opponents have claimed she led to more instability in the Middle East.
Mr Obama’s appearance will be the second time he has taken the stage in recent weeks in a major campaigning effort for Mrs Clinton.
Instead, it was nearly entirely a personal testimonial to his wife’s character, dedication and appeal.
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Daniel Carter, 19, a Sanders delegate from Florida, was one of those outside, holding a Sanders sign against the glass with the words #BlackLivesMatter written on it. Carter said the mainstream media “blacked out Bernie the entire campaign”.
