This is why comedian Sarah Silverman, during her prime-time appearance at the convention, told the Sanders holdouts – the “Bernie or bust” crowd – they were “being ridiculous”.
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“At a moment when it’s become more important than ever to lift people up, to offer hope and a road map for a brighter future, instead, we see a Republican presidential candidate who seems to violate some of the most important moral and ethical principles on which our nation was founded”, Carter said. Sanders, in turn praised Cuomo for implanting a minimum wage hike and partial paid family leave.
During roll call, Bernie Sanders asked that Hillary Clinton become the unanimous choice as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. Polling has consistently found a lack of trust in Clinton, exacerbated by remaining questions about her emails as secretary of state and no doubt by the years of intrigue surrounding the ex-president and herself.
At the Democratic National Convention’s halfway point, the audience for this week appears to be the same one at which Republicans aimed their message last week: the party’s base.
Now at the convention, many Sanders supporters still refuse to endorse Clinton. “That’s just who she is”.
Bill Clinton headlined the second night of the Democratic convention, a jubilant celebration of her formal nomination for president.
Mr Trump, whom Democrats have accused of having cosy ties with Russian president Vladimir Putin, repeatedly declined to condemn the actions of Russia or any other foreign power of trying to intervene in the United States election. In his news conference, he hammered Clinton on her trade policy, saying if she is elected she will flip her opposition to the Trans-Pacific trade deal.
“How does this square up with the things that you heard at the Republican convention? You can’t. One is real, the other is made up”, Bill stated. The 2012 keynote address at the Democratic convention, in which Bill Clinton took the stage and introduced President Barack Obama to the delegates, was one of his more memorable performances. But Carter’s support of Hillary was never guaranteed. Tim Kaine, Clinton’s new running mate.
“The TPP undermines democracy, it undermines workers, it undermines the environment”, he said.
“She is the modern version of the Clinton politics and agenda, fit for a totally different era”, Jonathan Cowan, president of the moderate Democratic think tank Third Way, says.
Former President Bill Clinton gave a 40-minute speech Tuesday, pairing rom-com details of his courtship of now-wife Hillary with her political and public service biography.
“I can’t believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet”, Clinton continued.
The former president has campaigned frequently for his wife during the White House race, but mostly in smaller cities and towns, part of an effort by the campaign to keep him in a more behind-the-scenes role.
Carolyn says she’s also looking forward to courting her daughter.
Mr Trump dismissed the claims, saying it is not clear who hacked those emails, but said the incident is a sign that foreign countries no longer respect the US. He portrayed a pragmatist who grew up with conservatives in her very own home, which provided her with a perspective that most Democrats in the Northeast or West Coast don’t get to experience.
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“I’m always open to new information”, said Colby Clipston, 23, of Portland, Oregon.
