As for Hillary Clinton, his one-time primary rival, Obama made clear he views her as uniquely qualified to be his successor.
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“Tonight, I ask you to do for Hillary Clinton what you did for me”, he said.
In a almost hour-long speech, she spoke about family – childhood, motherhood and about being a grandmother. But Trump said Friday that Sanders “sold his soul to the devil” when he – unlike some of his loudly protesting supporters – threw his support behind Clinton.
Clinton didn’t acknowledged any of the jeers or yelling.
Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is giving Hillary Clinton credit for her work on behalf of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The first woman to lead a major US political party toward the White House, Clinton will be greeted Thursday by a crowd of cheering delegates eager to see history made in the November election. Happy for grandmothers and little girls and everyone in between.
Then came the warriors: Rear Admiral (ret.) John Hutson, who opened a can of whup-ass on Donald Trump from the jump, telling the crowd he was an expert in two things Donald Trump doesn’t know anything about: law and order.
Clinton said: “When there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit”.
The latest CBS news poll found 2 in 3 Americans consider the former Secretary of State dishonest – but analysts say the convention could give Clinton the boost she needs. His comments at a news conference Wednesday urging Russian Federation to spy on Clinton’s emails are the latest example; on Thursday, he said he was being sarcastic.
Clinton said the USA needs a leader who’ll work with allies to keep America safe.
But Clinton’s challenge has never been her command of policy.
Clinton came into the convention facing deep voter concerns with her honesty and trustworthiness, stemming in part from her controversial use of a private internet server at the State Department.
Neither deal happened while she was in government.
Clinton said she’ll stand by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies against any Russian threats. And Clinton is scheduled to campaign Monday in Omaha, in the Nebraska district where Democrats have a shot.
Trump said the words while talking about the changes his father will bring in, if he is elected.
The capstone of the evening – the theme of which revolved around Clinton’s long history of working with women, children and the disabled – was the keynote address by former president Bill Clinton, who made the case for his wife’s election in deeply personal terms framed around the arc of their long and storied relationship. “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons”.
She said Americans are willing to work, and work hard.
Numbers dropped on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, despite Barack Obama’s 49 minute speech.
That’s a knock on Trump.
Trump is betting that we are a fragile and frightful people. “We simply can not let that happen as Americans, period”.
But Cummings says he’s not upset about it because he’s a veteran of civil rights protests and understands the passion that drove the mostly young delegates to shout over his speech Monday. -Caribbean relationship, such as the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas and the Caribbean Idea Marketplace. At the Republican convention, Trump’s business partner delivered a tribute.
Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. He reminded voters that Reagan famously called America “a shining city on a hill”. Donald Trump was introduced on stage by daughter Ivanka; Hillary Clinton was introduced on stage by daughter Chelsea.
But what people heard instead-people of every creed and color, from every walk of life-is that, in America, our destiny is inextricably linked, that together our dreams can be one.
She said President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous words are the ideal rebuke: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”.
He also referenced Trump’s signature line from “The Apprentice”. The week culminated in Trump’s speech on the fourth night, in which he portrayed the United States as something of a lawless dystopia that he “alone” could fix.
“What makes us American, what makes us patriots, is what’s in here”. He’s one of several military leaders and service members who have taken the stage to vouch for Clinton’s national security experience.
She promised to appoint Supreme Court justices “who will get money out of politics” and expand voting rights, “not restrict them”.
The Democratic nominee said she’ll fight to overhaul the immigration system. Her campaign has assembled a team to field calls from Republicans interested in giving money and helping with fundraising.
Read Trump’s acceptance speech, here.
“This guy doesn’t have a clue about the Middle Class”. She also promised to “liberate” millions of people already with student debt.
Clinton has more options. “But we are not afraid”.
“The America I know is full of courage, and optimism, and ingenuity”, Obama said.
In Colorado Springs, Trump at times seemed to brush off the fierce convention-week Democratic criticism, which went so far as to question his sanity.
She also said the US has the most innovative entrepreneurs and the most enduring values.
Let us begin with his disembowelment of Trump.
Clinton’s convention, of course, had its own burdens, and there was plenty of time spent bashing Trump.
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She said it’ll help define a future with a healthy economy “for everyone, not just those at the top”. If she can carry Colorado and Virginia, swing states that have been heading in her direction, and then add either Florida or OH, she wins. “And we’ll put that money to work where it belongs – creating jobs here at home!” she warned.
