Hillary Clinton’s formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the first woman to head the ticket of a major United States party.
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She focused much of her speech on extolling the nominee that year, Vice President Al Gore, praising him as “Bill’s trusted partner”.
Clinton – who described her nomination as a “milestone” – presented a more upbeat view of the U.S. than the dark vision Trump offered last week.
“We will not build a wall”, she said.
Mrs Clinton, who is vying to be the first woman elected USA president, called her nomination “a milestone” and said she was happy for grandmothers and little girls and “everyone in between”.
During her wide-ranging speech, which called for unity while touching on topics of immigration, healthcare, education, and the economy, the former First Lady, Secretary of State, and NY senator pulled no punches against Trump, whom she said “can’t even handle the rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign”. “We will work with all nations to fight and defeat terrorism”.
“He wants to divide us from the rest of the world and from each other”, Mrs Clinton told the Democratic convention, mocking Trump’s claim that he alone can “fix” the country.
“Don’t let anyone tell you that our country is weak”, Clinton said. Still, she will now switch allegiance to Clinton. He loses his cool at the slightest provocation. “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons”.
The challenge for her will be restating the anti-Trump argument in a fresh way that energizes Democrats and doesn’t alienate Republicans. “People ask me all the time how she does it”. “Some people just don’t know what to make of me”, she said, before explaining how she grew up, describing her grandfather who worked in a Scranton lace mill and her mother, Dorothy, who was abandoned by her parents and ended up working as a house maid at age 14.
Time and again, she gave significant nods to her former rival’s supporters on issues that drove them to the polls in the primary.
In a primetime address, Clinton will lay out plans to improve the nation’s economy, stressing that “my primary mission as president will be to create more opportunity and more good jobs with rising wages”.
Dozens of people wearing bright neon-green shirts meant to represent Sen.
On one of the biggest nights of the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama evoked the words of a Republican hero – former President Ronald Reagan.
“Bonds of trust and respect are fraying”, Clinton will say in accepting the Democratic nomination, according to excerpts of her speech. And yet, for months we’ve watched as Trump has seized on America’s very real economic and security-based anxieties. “We will surge our intelligence so that we detect and prevent attacks before they happen”.
The program Thursday night also aimed to paint a portrait of a devoted daughter, mother and grandmother.
Chants of “Hillary, Hillary” from her own supporters repeatedly drowned out the protests.
Shortly before Obama spoke, Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent Michael Bloomberg stood on the convention stage and urged voters to back Clinton, the “sane, competent person”. The comments were widely criticized, even by Republicans, who accused Trump of suggesting that a foreign country intervene in a USA election.
Clinton didn’t speak in 1992 when her husband was first nominated as a presidential candidate.
“After all”, she added.
The night will be remembered as the unprecedented moment when Clinton shattered what she’s called the “highest, hardest glass ceiling”. “I noticed here that the mood got better every day, and its largely because of the speakers”.
Prior to speaking, she will be introduced by her daughter, Chelsea, the other keystone speaker of the night. Her grandma, she said, would be “so, so proud”.
There were surprises. First lady Michelle Obama delivered a full-throated embrace of Clinton – “In this election, I’m with her”, she thundered – that left supporters buzzing for days.
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Then she called for a moment of silence. Cameras went to a split screen with Clinton and the Vermont senator, with the latter keeping a stone face.
