Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted the presidential nomination at the Democratic Party National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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“Look at my record”, she said.
Trump, seen here among his peers, vowed to “take the gloves off” as both candidates shift their focus to the general election.
Much of Clinton’s speech was targeted at Trump, while drawing contrasts with approach of her own party. “So let’s keep going, until every one of the 161 million women and girls across America has the opportunity she deserves”.
“Full disclosure, we know a few Bernie sandwiches were sold to Hillary supporters simply due to topping preference”, Pat’s wrote on Facebook. Trump says he’s the only hope. What we heard was a deeply pessimistic vision of a country where we turn against each other and turn away from the rest of the world.
She addressed Sanders, pledging to pursue the progressive ideals that fueled his campaign.
“Crooked Hillary Clinton made up facts about me, and “forgot” to mention the many problems of our country, in her very average scream!”.
Early in her speech, Clinton recognized the man that she hopes to take over for in 2017.
Washington state delegate Jim CastroLang, a Sanders supporter, said President Obama’s speech on Wednesday night showed how the parties differ. “Happy for grandmothers and little girls and everyone in between”, Clinton said.
In a detailed acceptance speech during Thursday’s closing session, Clinton countered Trump’s portrayal of a dystopian America, describing instead a nation with “the most powerful military, the most innovative entrepreneurs, the most enduring values”.
Trump, of course, has not congratulated Clinton on her historic nomination.
We’ll talk about the speech, and the divisions in the Democratic party with our panel.
Still, Trump droned on about how he wanted the first ever female Democratic presidential nominee to praise him for his freakish campaign for the White House. “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons”, Clinton said of Trump. “We will surge our intelligence so that we detect and prevent attacks before they happen”.
Hillary said Trump lacked the temperament to be President. “We, we will not ban a religion, we will work with all Americans and our allies to fight and defeat terrorism”.
FORMER MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, New York City: There are times when I disagree with Hillary.
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The U.S. attorney general decided not to pursue charges against Clinton, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation director, in recommending that no charges be filed, nonetheless called the storage of classified information on private email “extremely careless”.
