“And that’s one reason why nearly every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago”.
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Trump tells Fox News Channel in an interview broadcast Thursday that “I guess I take it a little bit personally, but you can’t let it get you down”.
After being formally nominated on Tuesday night, Clinton got a warm endorsement from her husband, Bill Clinton.
She and others said Obama’s speech will help energize Democrats.
“He’s offering fear. He’s betting that if he scares enough people, he might score just enough votes to win this election”, said Obama.
“The America I know is full of courage, and optimism, and ingenuity”, Obama said.
All attacked Trump, who generated controversy earlier in the day by encouraging Russian Federation to find and make public emails deleted by Clinton – an extraordinary suggestion that a foreign power meddle in US elections.
Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine hold a joint rally in Philadelphia before heading on a bus tour of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Mr Biden attacked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying he “backs torture”, “religious intolerance” and “betrays our values”. “I’m voting for a fighter who never ever gives up and who believes that we can always do better when we come together”.
Attendees cheer during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday.
That wasn’t the same message he had eight years ago, when he and Clinton were locked in a fierce battle for the Democratic nomination.
“You know, nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office”, he said. But in this case, Obama represents the most radical break with the norms of the American presidency – with the possible exception of FDR – and his legacy is riding on it.
Vice-President Joe Biden, who considered his own presidential run, delivered a spirited address.
“It’s important that, after what the country saw from the Republican convention, that the country has a chance to see from Democrats why Hillary Clinton is the most qualified person to be president”, Palmieri said. Expect Obama to rebut Trump’s depiction of the nation, unfurling a list of upbeat statistics. Where would I feel at home?'”Parents: You’re right to worry about your children hearing what comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth”. “Our nation is too great to put it in the hands of a slick-talking, empty-promising, self-promoting, one-man wrecking crew”. But supporters of Bernie Sanders already are complaining loudly about Kaine’s centrist views, including his past praise for the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal. Trump’s narrative of an America divided along class and racial lines, and his accusations that the system is “rigged” against people still struggling economically, tap into many Americans’ growing sense of distrust, particularly of political leaders in Washington. It is a mystery further deepened by the fact that he remains nearly toe to toe with Mrs Clinton in the national political polls.
Touching on a common theme among Democrats, Clinton questioned Trump’s readiness to be commander-in-chief.
That coalition was vividly on display in the first two nights of the convention in Philadelphia.
Gun violence continued as a theme Wednesday night as families of mass shooting victims took the stage.
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The former secretary of state, introduced by her daughter Chelsea, drew on the historic roots of Philadelphia as a way to reiterate one of her campaign slogans. He was emotional as he thanked Americans for sustaining him through hard stretches. Well, you know, a great Democratic president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, came up with the ideal rebuke to Trump more than 80 years ago, during a much more perilous time: ‘The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.’ Now we are clear-eyed about what our country is up against. “I ask you to carry her the same way you carried me”.
