As Sanders supporters shouted interruptions at the beginning of her speech, she said the Democratic platform represented Sanders’s beliefs, and argued it was time for all Democrats to get behind them.
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It remains to be seen whether Clinton’s remarks will run as long as those of opponent Donald Trump, whose acceptance speech ran a record-breaking one hour and 15 minutes – Clinton has other records to break.
Jessica Bright, a 30-year-old black woman and Clinton delegate from Walterboro, South Carolina, said she vividly remembers sitting in front of her television in 2008 when Democrats at the convention in Denver named Obama as their nominee.
Nate Brown, a Clinton delegate from Plymouth, said he feels the party is moving in the right direction as the presidential election approaches but the support for Trump can’t be discounted.
As Hillary Clinton prepares to accept her historic presidential nomination Thursday night, her campaign is still plagued by the generational shift evident throughout the primary campaign.
This was the first time she addressed the DNC as a political candidate, an outgoing first lady running for an open U.S. Senate seat from NY that fall. “We will rise to the challenge, just as we always have”, she says in the excerpts.
But outside, protesters are planning to courageous the weather to make one last convention stand against the party’s nomination.
Chelsea Clinton, the only child of Hillary and Bill Clinton, took the stage Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia to introduce her mother as she officially accepted the Democratic nomination. “Bonds of trust and respect are fraying”, she said, before pledging to heal those wounds.
She spoke about family and children, coming just off the publication of her book, It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us. “We just need to talk to them, not tell them what to do”.
Delegates at both the Republican and the Democratic conventions sported outrageous outfits – but the views from their respective gatherings were a study in contrast.
Democratic National ConventionClinton has been holed up in a hotel room in Philadelphia working on her speech and putting on the finishing touches.
The former first lady, US senator and secretary of state will step out of the shadows of presidents past and present on Thursday for her chance to persuade Americans that she is the best choice to helm a nation looking for a new era of leadership.
He said nothing truly prepares a person for being president, but contrasted Clinton’s experience with that of Trump, a one-time television reality show host who as a developer has built NY skyscrapers and casinos along the Atlantic Ocean.
If oratory and language that brings out goose bumps is not necessarily her forte, then over these four days, Ms Clinton and her team, along with those who have spoken on her behalf, have sought to present her as a woman of action, achievement and humanity. Her running mate, Tim Kaine, joined her on stage and they beamed and smiled. “Well, America’s promises do not come with a price tag”.
Trump did his best to steal the spotlight Wednesday.
Taking aim at Trump’s campaign promise to ‘Make America Great Again, ‘ Obama said: ‘America is already great. But she predicted the party would ultimately come together.
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Wednesday night, Vice President Joe Biden, in what was likely the last prime-time speech of his political life, delivered a roaring case for Clinton – rich with his regular-guy folksiness, misty-eyed storytelling and hard hits. A few minutes later, he returned to the idea, speaking directly to the Kremlin: “I will tell you this: Russian Federation, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing”.
