Trump interpreted Sen. Bernie Sanders’ sour expression as evidence the Vermont senator regretted supporting Clinton. “I’m proud that we shaped a global climate agreement – now we have to hold every country accountable to their commitments, including ourselves”. Clinton says she would not.
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Long a lightning rod on the right, Hillary Clinton is making a targeted appeal to Republicans who challenge Donald Trump’s claim to the conservative mantle and fear his possible presidency.
“There are negatives attached to us, to women who are trying to do more than other women have done”. Campaign manager Paul Manafort charged that those problems have only been exacerbated by President Obama and Clinton’s leadership.
Speakers at this week’s Democratic Convention, including her husband former President Bill Clinton, have aimed to highlight a more personal side of Clinton, recounting her days registering Mexican-American voters, advocating for early childhood education, and being a mother to daughter Chelsea. “She has got to say with emotion how these issues impact her and how she knows the families that are impacted by them”. “I’m starting to agree with you”.
And Clinton offered an open hand to backers of Sanders, saying, “I’ve heard you”.
She said her family built a better life and a better future for their children, using whatever tools they had and “whatever God gave them”.
She said she had “a really late night” after her speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination.
LaDawn Jones, a 36-year-old Georgia state representative, said it’s exciting to elect a woman, but when it comes to Clinton being that women, she’s ambivalent. “And I know how proud she is at this moment, and I am very happy for her”.
The generational contrast is in stark relief in this convention city, as Madeleine Albright, who preceded Clinton as secretary of state, recalled Geraldine Ferraro, the vice presidential nominee in 1984. Voters looking for authenticity can find it in the many battles she has fought, and in the countless people she has helped without getting or expecting publicity.
John Stubbs and Ricardo Reyes, two former officials in President George W. Bush’s administration, attended the convention to generate interest in their pro-Clinton grassroots organization called R4C16.org. For likeminded Republicans, they said sitting out the election is not enough.
She said she was happy for boys and men, too, because when a barrier falls, it clears the way for all.
He said Clinton “can’t hide” from her 25 years in public life.
As the fractured Democratic National Convention gradually unified behind Hillary Clinton over the course of the week, Bernie Sanders’ frustrated supporters were left to wonder what was next for their would-be political revolution.
Their occasional chants of protest were drowned out by Clinton supporters chanting: “Hillary”.
A comprehensive immigration reform that provides a path to citizenship to millions of immigrants, including Indians, is a major election promise of Clinton, 68, who is the first women presidential nominee of a major political party. At a time when many Americans want something new, she is anything but.
Clinton closed her speech with a call to all Americans: “Let’s be stronger together, my fellow Americans”.
“So numerous people who should be their (Democrats’) core constituencies, young people, African-Americans, Latinos don’t vote in as large number as Republicans”, Kazin notes.
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At a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, earlier in the day, Mr Trump said he did not want to watch the speech. He has proposed a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country and a wall along the border with Mexico to keep illegal immigrants out. Trump embraced empty slogans and sound-bite solutions, so Clinton emphasized expertise and qualifications. With the Democrats’ sunnier performance, Clinton should get her own bump as the 14-week sprint to Election Day begins.
