Clinton also spoke to the University crowd, explaining why she picked Kaine as her running mate.
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The campaign is also seizing the opportunity to try and siphon off supporters of Sen.
“I want someone with the proven strength to persevere, someone who knows this job and takes it seriously, someone who understands the issues a president faces are not black and white”, Obama said without mentioning Trump’s name. “That is just not the American way, folks, for us not to lead on something important like that”. Sanders was taking the stage in a highly anticipated address, as was Massachusetts Sen.
In recent days, Clinton’s vice presidential pick has said he would oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), despite having backed the trade deal in the Senate, but Solomon and many other progressives remain skeptical.
Frank says Clinton checked two out of three boxes of what a V.P. candidate should bring to the table: experience, help in battleground states and broaden the appeal of the ticket.
“And when he says, as he did say, “I alone can fix it” he’s not only wrong, he’s dangerously wrong”, said Clinton as she introduced Kaine to the nation. PHOTOS: The 2016 DNC in PhiladelphiaMeanwhile, Trump is fanning the flames of the email hack involving the Democratic National Committee.
He called Trump the candidate of “You’re fired”, the catchphrase of his reality show, “The Apprentice”, and Clinton, the candidate of “You’re hired!”
On the tour this week, Clinton and Kaine will likely argue that a Trump-Pence administration would be risky to working class voters.
It’s become a bit easier for Hillary Clinton to formally claim the nomination at the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
“He’s a very nice guy”. His campaign chief, Paul Manafort, went further and called on Clinton to drop out of the race altogether.
Mr Sanders spoke just after MA senator Elizabeth Warren, a favourite of liberals who has emerged as one of the Democrats’ toughest critics of Mr Trump.
Comedian-turned-senator Al Franken, a Clinton supporter, and actress Sarah Silverman, a Sanders backer, made a joint appearance to promote party unity.
“He’s got foreign policy experience, he’s got community experience, he’s got city management experience and I think that’s gonna do so many great things when the Clinton Kaine ticket defeats the demagogue Trump Pence ticket in November”, Beard said.
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“I think everyone is allowed that privilege or opportunity to change their mind”, she said. “She clearly believes that the way to win in a divided country and to govern in a divided Washington is by making the tent bigger and appealing to common interests”.
