“But Hillary’s been in the room”.
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Clinton criticized Trump throughout her almost hour-long speech, and defined her policy agenda largely against that of her Republican opponent as she assailed his “bigotry and bombast”. “I don’t even think she’s a bad candidate”, Harrell said. “And no matter how daunting the odds, no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits”.
Earlier in the evening, the Congressional Black Caucus warned against a Trump victory and said Clinton would be effective for Black America.
The Democratic presidential nominee, 68, previously spoke during the convention via satellite video after she officially secured the nomination on Monday.
Before she took the stage Thursday, mainstream media was calling the Democratic National Convention a great success, while the TV ratings at the DNC have exceeded the GOP’s overall. “We will rise to the challenge, just as we always have”. “We battled for a year and a half”.
“It’s fair to say this is not your typical election”. Following reports Russian Federation hacked Democratic Party emails, Trump said he’d like to see Moscow find the thousands of emails Clinton deleted from the account she used as secretary of state. “This is a more fundamental choice about who we are as a people”.
“If you’re serious about our democracy, you can’t afford to stay home just because she might not align with you on every issue”, the president said. The America I know is full of courage, and optimism, and ingenuity. “The America I know is decent and generous”. “Not really a facts guy, either”, Obama said. “There has never been a man or a woman, not me, not Bill (Clinton), more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America.” Wow!
The president began discussing the address last month with senior aides, including chief speechwriter Cody Keenan, who has worked at the White House for both of Obama’s terms. “Never has a party been so disconnected from what is happening in our world”, he said. He’s been keeping us safe from terror for the most part. “But I’m here to tell you tonight – progress is possible”.
“I hope, sometimes, I picked you up, too”. Among them were Lena Dunham, America Ferrera, Elizabeth Banks, and Meryl Streep, each of whom extolled the former secretary of state.
Clinton rehashed a lot of her attacks on Donald Trump from previous campaign speeches, including her warning of leaders who claim to be the only one to fix the problems with the country.
Introducing himself to many voters for the first time, Kaine mentioned his father-in-law, a former Republican governor of Virginia, who was sitting inside the convention hall. “Here’s the sad truth: There is no other Donald Trump …”
The Democratic nominee invoked ideas she wrote about in the 1996 book It Takes A Village and promoted the theme of her 2016 campaign, “Stronger Together.”. And it set a tone that many Sanders delegates felt all week here. “And I promise you, our strength, our greatness, does not depend on Donald Trump”, the president said to cheers. “You guys know the words I mean?”
Khizr Kahn, a Muslim whose son was one of 14 Muslims killed while serving in the military since the September 11, 2001, attacks, drew cheers when he pulled out a pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution and said he wanted to show it to Trump. “In our vision, we will put America first”.
I’m from NY. This was because her family – in contrast to the Trump clan – doesn’t erect buildings marked with their name. “They lost tens of thousands of dollars, all because they believed Donald Trump”. “His cynicism is unbounded”.
Biden also laid into Trump, saying “His lack of empathy and compassion can be summed up in a phrase I suspect he’s most proud of having made famous, ‘you’re fired!'” “He’s trying to tell us that he cares about the middle class?” Give me a break. “That’s a bunch of malarkey”.
US Senator Sherrod Brown of OH called Trump a hypocrite who talked about opposing free trade deals to protect American workers but had the products sold by his companies made overseas. “Actually, he has no clue, period”.
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Another key surrogate for Clinton is Joe Biden.
