Taking her place in United States history, Hillary Clinton is set to become the first woman to lead a major party toward the White House, a triumphant moment for Democrats to relish before plunging into a bruising general election against Republican Donald Trump.
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Sanders delegates were already booing the mention of Hillary Clinton and her vice-presidential pick Tim Kaine at the California Democratic Party Breakfast-as they would throughout the day and on the convention floor-but they had a special jeer for Secretary of State Alex Padilla.
Bugg said the most convincing argument the Clinton camp can make is to acknowledge how Sanders’ campaign has influenced Clinton and the Democratic Party platform regarding the need to raise the minimum wage, make college affordable and take action on other issues. This is really your night.
“Tonight, tonight, on this night, we will shatter that glass ceiling again”.
“This woman has never been satisfied with the status quo on anything”.
He continued: “She’s insatiably curious, she’s a good organiser and she’s the best darn change-maker I ever met in my life”. “God bless you. Thank you”, he said.
Escobar said nobody from the Clinton campaign has lobbied him for support.
Escobar said he is exhausted of seeing Democratic candidates like Clinton move the party away from the left.
Two terms later, the first lady known for her wit, style and tact has emerged as a political force, and on Tuesday she electrified the Democratic National Convention with an impassioned endorsement for Hillary Clinton that brought the crowd to its feet. Bernie Sanders’ supporters to fall in line behind Clinton.
“It’s beyond thrilling. It’s very exciting and to see at the end she’s the nominee”. Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the longest-serving woman in Congress, will submit Clinton’s name to kick off the ritual.
After a tough battle with Sanders during the state nominating contests, Clinton is now the party’s standard-bearer against Republican nominee Donald Trump in the Nov 8 election. This week, they are Sanders delegates at the convention. He reached for the microphone, and endorsed Clinton a final time, saying that all votes be moved to her total.
This year, the Clinton campaign and the candidate herself appeared determined to apply the lessons from her defeat eight years ago to her second White House bid, running a notably different campaign.
Their cries for criminal prosecution echo those of Republicans’, albeit less extreme than Donald Trump adviser Al Baldasaro, who said on Wednesday, “Anyone that commits treason should be shot”.
The former president kicked of his speech by discussing how they met, how she turned down his engagement a few times and the birth of their daughter.
Clinton will officially accept the nomination on Thursday.
“I have time to think about it”, said Aaron Bugg, a Sanders delegate from Paducah. And he’s proving that with the turnout that we had here in the DNC and the huge amount of support that he’s had come out and vote for him, that it’s possible to run democratic candidates grassroots, which is an even bigger deal.
“By these measures, any objective observer will conclude that – based on her ideas and her leadership – Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States”.
Sanders also told his delegates, “I look forward to your votes” during Tuesday’s roll call. “It’s a generational thing for me”. My grandmother told me about how her grandmother could not vote. He was a delegate who helped make Barack Obama the first black nominee for president at the 2008 convention. Mothers whose children have been killed by law enforcement or due to gun violence spoke of their pain.
Clinton leaves the stage after making his speech.
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Tiffany Phillips, of Tulsa, who was political director of Sanders’ successful Oklahoma campaign, said Monday, “The emails are exactly what a lot of people knew on both sides”.
