“I’ve been saying let’s just beat her on November 8”, he said, “but you know what?”
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She then tore into Trump for calling the armed forces a disaster, which she says is a sign of “disrespect” to the men and women who wear the uniform.
“Even in a time when people have anxiety, I don’t think what they want is leaders who stoke the pessimism”, he told CNN.
Her speech came on a night filled with emotion as she became the first woman to lead a major presidential ticket.
The Democratic event, packed with celebrities and well-received speeches by President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton, had reached more viewers than the Republicans for each of the first three nights of their respective conventions.
While Clinton and her fellow Democrats sought to offer a “morning in America” vision, not unlike the message of former President Ronald Reagan, and paint Trump’s rhetoric as doom and gloom, the billionaire businessman’s campaign stayed the course, telling voters Clinton’s policies would leave Americans “out in the cold”.
Fresh off accepting her party’s nomination, Democrat Hillary Clinton is making her way across Pennsylvania.
Trump was also not impressed by John Allen’s speech on Thursday night and said that retired four-star Marine Corps general failed at fighting ISIS. He wasn’t the only one in the “Republicans for Clinton” camp.
Bernie supporters, emboldened by the recent DNC email leak, took to the streets in Philadelphia to voice their displeasure with Hillary and the Democrat party as a whole.
Polls find that most Americans question Clinton’s honesty.
She was joined by U.S. Sen.
Clinton went into her speech knowing she needed to inspire more trust and be seen as a credible “change-maker” in a year when most voters are dissatisfied with the status quo.
On Thursday Clinton’s daughter Chelsea described Hillary as a mother who took breaks from politics to read her “Goodnight Moon” and a grandmother Facetimes and reads “Chugga Chugga Choo Choo” to Chelsea’s daughter. “I’m starting to agree with you”.
“I’m not satisfied with the status quo, I’m not telling you everything is peachy keen”, she said.
Trump eventually concluded with “no one has worse judgement than Hillary Clinton – corruption and devastation follows her wherever she goes”.
Trump meanwhile will be in Colorado, another battleground state, where his plan to build a wall on the Mexican border could resonate with angry white voters but turn Hispanic voters away in droves.
Winner: Draw. Clinton as a unifier is tough to picture, and Trump already doesn’t care if anyone likes him. “I sweat the details of policy”, she said.
Khizr Khan, an American Muslim whose son was killed in military service, emotionally implored voters to stop Trump, who has called for a temporary ban on Muslim immigration.
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“Donald Trump painted a picture, a negative, dark, divisive picture of a country in decline”, she said.
