We all need to get out and vote for Democrats up and down the ticket, and then hold them accountable until they get the job done….
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“I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as President of the United States of America”, he declared.
Hillary Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton, will accept the party’s White House nomination in a speech to end the convention on Thursday night. The election is on November 8.
The 44th president has contrasted the seriousness of the task at hand – fighting the Islamic State group, addressing high levels of gun violence, healing racial divides – with the tone of Trump’s insult-laced populist campaign. “I married my best friend”, Mr. Clinton said.
In a remarkable series of broadsides leveled at Clinton’s opponent, Obama rebuked Trump and the dire picture painted of the country by the GOP presidential nominee.
The 44th president recalled campaigning against Clinton during the 2008 race for the Democratic presidential nomination, praising her for never giving up.
“Even in the midst of crisis, she listens to people”.
Many viewers took to Twitter to question whether the former President “is ok”, after a similar scare occurred earlier this year during an appearance in Iowa in January.
“It was one of the greatest honors of my life”, Nelson said.
“America is already great”.
“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing”, Trump said, referring to emails Clinton sent and received while secretary of state but deleted on grounds they were personal and not work-related.
“Preach!” members of the crowd shouted.
As for Russian Federation, that’s only become an issue for Democrats to batter against Donald Trump (and distract from those Democratic National Committee e-mails).
Obama listed what he described as a series of advances during his two terms in office, such as recovery from economic recession, the Obamacare healthcare reform and the 2011 killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
The Clinton campaign portrays Trump, a former reality TV star, as temperamentally unfit for the White House.
In his final months as the American leader, Obama is particularly aware of his legacy and knows that Clinton, a kindred politico with similar views on fighting terrorism, immigration, health care, abortion, gay rights and climate change, would leave many of his policies in place, while Trump has pledged to nearly immediately undo them. He has proposed deeply controversial measures such as temporarily banning Muslims from entering the country and building a wall on the Mexico border to stop illegal immigrants.
It is believed Mr Trump is benefiting from the post party convention bounce while his rival is still suffering from the “extremely reckless” use of private email to conduct government business.
The roll call of states was one more opportunity for Sanders supporters to voice their fierce loyalty to the Vermont senator, who sat in the arena soaking up the cheers and waving to the crowd. Speaking from the floor of the convention hall, she disputed the argument that not voting for Clinton is a vote for Donald Trump. She is the first female standard bearer from a major USA political party. Before signing off on Tuesday night, she offered one last note of encouragement: “And if there are any little girls out there who stayed up late to watch, let me just say I may become the first woman president”. Delegates chanted “not a clue, not a clue” and jumped to their feet. “I think the other thing will be his footprint on the world ― that we don’t necessarily have to be the policeman of the world, that we can engage people through diplomacy”. “That’s a bunch of malarkey”. Not really a facts guy, either. “We’re Democrats”, she said after the speech.
“That”, he added, “is not the America I know”.
Trump has hammered Clinton as untrustworthy and cast America as a place where security threats abound and law and order are breaking down.
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Clinton’s convention has been awash in history, with energized delegates celebrating her formal nomination as the first woman to ever lead a major political party in the general election.
