Michelle Obama‘s voice choked with emotion as she invoked the legacy of slavery and the fight for women’s equality in making the case for Hillary Clinton. Pundits also expect her to intertwine her working class upbringing, emerging as one of the most powerful women in the world, to Clinton’s trajectory and her fitness for the presidency.
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Clinton formally secured the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
As Democrats tried to underscore in the J.J. Abrams-produced video that introduced Obama, she proved once again to be a resolute and inspirational first spouse.
“I want to see everyone be able to go to school for free”, she said. He died in 2015 after a battle with cancer.
The vice president was considered to be a potential 2016 presidential candidate, but cited his son’s death as a reason he wasn’t up for a national campaign. “Make no mistake about it, this November when we go to the polls, that’s what we’re deciding”, she said.
“I am here tonight because I know that that is the kind of president that Hillary Clinton will be, and that’s why in this election, I’m with her“, Obama said.
She touted Clinton’s experience fighting for children with disabilities as a young lawyer, pushing for health care when she was first lady herself and child care as a NY senator, Politico said.
“We need leadership which brings our people together and makes us stronger – not leadership which insults Latinos, Mexicans, Muslims, women, African-Americans, veterans- and divides us up”.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic Party’s 2016 nomination for the White House on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to head the ticket of a major party in USA history.
Garry Mauro, head of the Clinton delegation for Texas, called Michelle Obama’s speech “stunningly good”.
“I want someone with the proven strength to persevere”, she said.
Last week, during the Republican National Convention, Trump’s wife Melania delivered a speech that appeared to borrow phrases from Michelle Obama’s convention speech in 2008, drawing accusations of plagiarism.
“Donald Trump ranted about all the DNC speakers on Twitter – except one”, Business Insider said. Who look to us to dream of what they can be.
Michelle Obama only has mere months left as First Lady of the United States, but she’s continuing to make her time in the White House count.
Obama told delegates and a national television audience that when she thinks of “the kind of president that I want for my girls and all children”, it’s someone who takes the job seriously – “someone who understands that the issues a president faces are not black and white and can not be boiled down to 140 characters”.
But she said her mom and dad accepted her decision and are both extremely proud of all she’s accomplished, Palaniappan said. And I watch my daughters-two handsome intelligent black young women-play with the dog on the White House lawn.
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Clinton, 68, will be watching from home in Chappaqua, New York, as her husband speaks, campaign officials said.
