And she described her opponent, Republican nominee Donald Trump, as a self-absorbed and unstable leader antithetical to America’s need for cool-headed and compassionate leadership.
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Still, those speeches, capped by Obama’s rousing endorsement late Wednesday night, could have energized the crowd sufficiently for Clinton to be carried through with cheers however she performs.
“We are clear-eyed about what our country is up against”. Clinton will say that “we are not afraid”. I can’t believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet.
Summoning his most famous line from that 2008 campaign, Obama said: “America isn’t about ‘Yes he will.’ It’s about ‘Yes we can'”.
As she prepared to deliver her speech, people familiar with the matter said the FBI is investigating a cyber attack against another Democratic Party group, which may be related to an earlier hack against the Democratic National Committee.
The previously unreported incident at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC, and its potential ties to Russian hackers is likely to sharpen concern, so far unproven, that Moscow is trying to meddle in USA elections.
The speech was also Mrs Clinton’s turn in the spotlight after three days of appearances by President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama.
While he was occasionally interrupted by one attendee who loudly criticized Clinton, the event was largely incident-free, allowing Sanders to make his stump speech, adding his push to make the Democratic nominee the next president. The Founders showed us that.
In his speech, Mr Obama offered an optimistic view of the United States that he contrasted with Trump’s vision of a country in crisis.
But Sanders is no longer Clinton’s rival. They both garner high “unpopularity” ratings.
Politics is the family business, so Chelsea Clinton has spent most of her life in the public eye, moving to the White House at the age of 12 after her father was elected in 1992 and heading to Stanford University with a security detail in tow.
Members of the group – Caitlin Glidewell, 20, an alternate delegate from Colorado, North Carolina delegate Joshua “Fox” Brown, 34, and Tennessee delegate Katie Cowley, 39, – tell USA TODAY that they are fed up with the Democratic Party’s treatment of Sanders and they signaled they would be part of a sort of Democratic tea party movement, agitating for more progressive policies going forward. “I think that they helped push this platform”, said Walnut Creek delegate Monica Fitzgerald.
“Donald Trump is making a lot of really big promises, and some people find those attractive”, said Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook.
The protests come just hours before the final day of the Democratic convention was set to start and before Clinton is set to deliver her prime-time address. “From my first day in office to my last”, she said. “It’s nearly crucial she be herself because she is a very, very guarded person”.
The Democratic gathering began on a note of discord on Monday, with backers of Bernie Sanders, the USA senator from Vermont who lost the nomination to Mrs Clinton, reluctant to get behind her and noisily booing her name.
“And to all of [Bernie Sanders’] supporters, here and around the country, I want you to know, I’ve heard you”, she said.
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The 70-year-old real estate mogul sought to douse the outcry on Thursday by saying he was “being sarcastic”, but the call for cyber espionage against the United States made even Republicans cringe. It’s no wonder Trump’s promise to bring “law and order” to the country and the world appeals to wide swaths of the electorate.
