Of course, you need not have watched the speech, you could’ve simply checked out America’s new virtual town square, Twitter, where people were more than happy to weigh in on the former president’s (and possible future first gentleman’s) performance.
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The Wall Street Journal initially ran a photo of the former president but switched in later editions to a photo of Hillary Clinton speaking on a giant screen in the arena once one became available.
Alternately wonkish and romantic, he could not have been more flattering, more proud, or more loving.
At last week’s Republican convention in Cleveland, the Islamic State was a top talker on the floor.
At the second of two evening stops in Iowa, Trump offered the crowd an alternative to Hillary Clinton’s Philadelphia triumph. “That’s just how she is”.
“In the spring of 1971, I met a girl”.
“It’s beyond thrilling. It’s very exciting and to see at the end she’s the nominee”.
Rising to announce their votes for the presidential nominee of their party, each delegation praised both Hillary Clinton and her opponent in the primaries, Vermont Sen. Then I represented all of you as secretary of state. He said I was a genius. “Her globalist agenda denies American citizens the protections to which they are all entitled – tearing us apart”.
Mook again deflected when he was asked if this media blackout would continue into a potential Clinton presidency, telling reporters at the gathering he “will not speculate about anything after the election because I’ll be on vacation”.
“Her whole life has not been an elected official”, Arlington County Sheriff Beth Arthur said. “Actually doing the work is hard”.
“This woman has never been satisfied with the status quo, ” he said. “That’s just who she is”. Chelsea Clinton, who has been in the public eye since her childhood in the White House, took a low profile after her father left office in 2001.
His answer: “One is real, the other is made up”. At a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Trump said he was being criticized at the convention by people who have been friendly to him before.
He also talks a big game about putting America First.
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And it was clear who he thought should lead it there.
