Much of Clinton’s speech was targeted at Trump, while drawing contrasts with approach of her own party. Instead, we will build an economy where everyone who wants a good job can get one. “Don’t believe anyone who says “I alone can fix it”,” she said.
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You didn’t think Hillary was going to make it to her victory lap without rubbing Trump’s face in it, right?
Clinton said Thursday that Trump wants Americans to fear the future and each other. “We will rise to the challenge, like we always do”, she said. “He’s offering empty promises”. She needs the type of signature moment that Obama pulled off under the night skies of Denver in 2008, when fireworks capped the four-day convention.
Clinton didn’t miss a chance to go after her opponent. And we begin a new chapter tonight. “Yes, America’s destiny is ours to choose”.
A second video shot shows Bill and Chelsea Clinton, only one of whom has her eyes open.
DW’s Richard Walker had noticed earlier there were plenty of Bernie Sanders supporters in the room, eager to make a statement.
Clinton made Trump a recurring theme in her speech, contrasting what she portrayed as steady-handed leadership with Trump’s perceived quick-trigger unpredictability. When asked, 54 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds with a college education say they support the Democrat, compared with 30 percent who support Trump.
“There are pockets of America that never recovered from factory closures, men who took pride in hard work and providing for their families who now feel forgotten”, Obama said.
At the end of his powerful 45-minute speech, Clinton joined him on stage, prompting deafening cheers from the thousands of convention delegates and guests packed into a Philadelphia sports arena to hear the president’s address.
Hillary Clinton has formally accepted the US Democratic Party nomination for president.
But among voters who did not ever attend college – working class Americans to whom the Democratic Party hopes to appeal during its convention here this week – the race is almost tied.
Speaking at the Democratic Convention, she did not hang about when it came to taking a swipe at Republican rival Donald Trump.
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In typical Hillary fashion, Clinton hammered the issues, building a case not just against Donald Trump, but for a better America.
