“I was strong for Bernie, and now I’m taking a stand for Trump”, said another.
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“This is a more fundamental choice”, he said, telling convention delegates in Philadelphia-the city where America’s constitution was written-that this was a battle for the very “meaning of our democracy”.
“Ask yourself: Does Donald Trump have the temperament to be Commander-in-Chief?”
Addressing a packed crowd of over 50,000 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Mrs Clinton said that “America’s strength doesn’t come from lashing out” when faced with hostility.
Mrs Clinton promised to be a president for not just Democratic party supporters, but also for Republicans, some of whom have lent their support to her on the podium despite being from a rival party. “When there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit”.
“It’s a guiding principle for the country we’ve always been and the future we’re going to build”, she said, some 20 years after authoring a book making the same case titled: “It Takes A Village”.
“We don’t look to be ruled”, Mr. Obama said, in his most scathing attack on Mr. Trump, naming him several times. “(She’ll get the Twitter handle, too)”.
Clinton has been a frequent Republican target during her more than three decades in national politics, most recently for her use of a private email server for government business at the State Department.
Clinton is now expected to start nationwide campaigns before engaging in public debates with Donald Trump, who trashed her speech.
“He loses his cool at the slightest provocation…Imagine if you dare, imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis”, Clinton said. “Don’t let anyone tell you we don’t have what it takes”. Prior to speaking, she will be introduced by her daughter, Chelsea, the other keystone speaker of the night.
Clinton’s moment quickly began trending, with women sharing stories, photos and feelings on watching her acceptance speech. Hillary’s stunning speech was as much about herself and her ideals as it was trying to warn the national about Trump.
“I was so young that first time in Boston”.
After a week of soaring speeches by others, her job was to stick the landing. “Because you’re who I was talking about 12 years ago, when I talked about hope-it’s been you who’ve fueled my dogged faith in our future, even when the odds are great; even when the road is long”, he said.
You didn’t think Hillary was going to make it to her victory lap without rubbing Trump’s face in it, right?
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“You didn’t hear anything like this from Donald Trump at his convention, did you?”
