She recounted a story of visiting homes while researching why more children were counted in the Census than were enrolled in school.
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She also drew a sharp contrast with her election rival Donald Trump, calling the Republican supremely unqualified for the White House. “Last week, Trump spoke for 70-odd minutes…and I mean odd”, Hillary said, as the convention burst into laughter – and that counts doubly for Bill Clinton.
“I get that some people just don’t know what to make of me”, she said. “So let me tell you”, Ms. Clinton said before she went on to explain her life, struggles and successes.
“Even in a time when people have anxiety, I don’t think what they want is leaders who stoke the pessimism”, he told CNN.
When he mentioned Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state and why the Federal Bureau of Investigation chose not to prosecute her because of the way she’d handled classified information, the crowd began chanting “Lock her up”, suggesting Clinton should be jailed.
There was an implication buried just under the surface of the argument Clinton made in her speech, one that went something like this: I want you to like me and believe in me and invest in me, just as you have with other presidential candidates. Sounding more like a pundit than the subject of all the vitriol, he pronounced her speech “so average” and “full of cliches”. We all saw something on Thursday night that, in over 200 years of American existence, no one had ever seen before: a woman accept a major-party nomination for the presidency. Making the election about Trump doesn’t seem like the worst campaign strategy for a number of reasons, especially because Trump is such a volatile candidate.
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”.
Clinton cited President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s best-known remark in a rebuke of Trump’s platform, saying “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. “We will disrupt their efforts online to reach and radicalize young people in our country”, adding “It won’t be easy or quick, but make no mistake, we will prevail”.
Granted, the GOP nominee did implicitly criticize his female opponent for delivering her speech too loudly (which is a bit like Jeffrey Dahmer giving someone a hard time for eating non-free-range chicken).
“We will not build a wall”. I’m happy for little girls and grandmothers.
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“When any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone. That’s why when there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit”, the 68-year-old Clinton said in a speech that capped the four-day nominating convention”.
