“We will also liberate millions of people who already have student debt”.
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Ahead of the Clinton speeches, the conference saw a series of speeches from ordinary supporters, with Democrats – many of whom supported rival candidate Bernie Sanders – urged to set aside differences.
During her speech, Clinton said the country was at “a moment of reckoning”, presenting herself as the responsible choice for president instead of Trump.
Regarding terrorism and other national security threats, Clinton pointed to her experience in the White House, as a senator and as secretary of state – a resumé that can’t be matched by Trump, a real estate developer and TV star who has never held office.
Performer Katy Perry hit all the right notes on stage at the convention, but will the biggest speech of Clinton’s career have struck a chord with Americans?
“Now I know some of you are sitting at home thinking, well that all sounds pretty good”.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR: I said that because I know that Donald Trump couldn’t tell the difference.
In a searing speech regarded as one of the highlights of the Democratic convention, Khizr Khan, the father of fallen U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, ripped Trump as having “sacrificed nothing” for the country. But according to Nielsen’s ratings data, more Americans tuned in to watch Donald Trump’s acceptance speech than Clinton’s. “You might have noticed, I love talking about mine”. And that is another bet that Donald trump will lose.
“If Bernie is not the Democratic nominee, then I will certainly leave the Democrat party”, one Sanders supporter said. “Jobs in manufacturing, clean energy, technology and innovation, small business, and infrastructure”, she added.
“Tonight, we’ve reached a milestone in our nation’s march toward a more flawless union”, she said, following an introduction by her daughter Chelsea, “the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president”. Most compelling moments from 2016 RNC and DNC http://abc7news.com/politics/most-compelling-moments-from-the-2016-republican-and-democratic-national-conventions/1448572/ It was a week of the Democrats trying to offer a stark contrast to the Republican National Convention.
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“Hillary Clinton should be judged by her record, her history, and her policies, the same as everyone else”, said Sandra Williams, a Sanders delegate from Spokane. And former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a self-identified independent, said Americans need a president who was a “problem-solver, not a bomb-thrower”.
