He mentioned her father as a “crusty conservative” and her mother as “more liberal than the boys”.
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“I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States”, Sanders announced, as the convention roll call reached his home state, a process where each state declares its delegate counts.
“We just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling”, Clinton said in the surprise appearance, live via satellite.
“It’s not just (Bernie) Sanders supporters who have concerns about the impacts of those policies”, said Ben Jealous, a former head of the NAACP who endorsed the Vermont senator and now backs Clinton. “I couldn’t be more excited that we are going to do something so important historically”.
What’s needed now is maximum support for the Green Party which needs to rise from 3% to 15% in the polls in order for its candidate – probably Jill Stein – to land a spot in the presidential debates this fall – the one way that her campaign could really become a challenge to the two tottering major parties.
“I’ve known Tim since I’ve been in the Senate, and he is a good man”, Warren said in an interview with ABC’s “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir.
March participant Tiara Willis, of Philadelphia, said she subscribes to the slogan “I’m with her … I hope you’ll elect her”, he said.
Clinton’s nomination came before a flawless speech to cap the evening, a touching love story from her spouse, former President Bill Clinton.
Biden, who himself toyed with a presidential run a year ago, plans to offer an economic argument for a Hillary Clinton presidency during his speech ahead of Obama Wednesday night.
I have no illusions that Stein or another Green candidate will win the election in November, absent the hugely popular Sanders as the standard bearer.
Most of the unconfirmed and inaccurate charges lobbed against her come from a serial liar, serial adulterer and constant fraud with no experience in elective office and a questionable, mostly fabricated image of a businessman with more claims than accomplishments or success.
Ms. Arab’s husband works at Sterling Stamping Plant, and “TPP is bad for workers and our country”, she said.
So who’s right? Is it Clinton’s tortured journey that defines her, or her position on the threshold of the destination?
“Finally she was staring back at me, so I watched her”. But the presidential roll call went off with little audible protest, and Sanders – taking one last opportunity to bask in the warmth of his supporters in the arena – delivered the final nudge that pushed Clinton over the top. The first lady reminded the convention of the power of breaking historic barriers by noting that she, a descendant of slaves, now lives in a White House built by them – and that Clinton’s election would be another such milestone.
Clinton will address the convention Thursday.
Martha McKenna, a Clinton delegate from Maryland, said the night felt like a celebration for Sanders’ campaign as well as Clinton’s. He catalogued her career, her drive and accomplishments. She is also Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in-law.
“I’m from Brooklyn. It’s in our blood to sniff out bull. There’s a lot of that in politics, but there’s not an ounce of it in Hillary Clinton”, Schumer said. But you take what you can get and you’re happy to get them – very happy to get them.
He’ll have convince voters that Clinton was an effective Secretary of State and that Republicans last week were wrong about the country losing respect across the globe. Actor Elizabeth Banks, one of several female celebrities on the roster of speakers, walked out on stage as Trump did at his convention: through a purple fog to the tune of “We Are The Champions”.
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Secretary of State Padilla says he was caught off-guard by the chants. I know what happens when you give the Russians a green light. He called her “the best darn change-maker” he has ever met. “And that’s why I’m with her”.
