“When any barrier falls in America, it clears the way for everyone”, she said of being the first female presidential nominee for a major party.
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Donald Trump’s son has accused Barack Obama of plagiarizing a line from his Republication convention speech when the US President spoke at the Democratic event this week. “Don’t believe anyone who says “I alone can fix it”,” she said.
Clinton said Trump is offering America “empty promises” and what she called “bigotry and bombast”.
She promised to “liberate millions of people who have student debt”, raise the minimum wage, improve healthcare and support domestic manufacturing.
Afterward, Chelsea returned to proudly introduce “my mother, my hero, and our next president, Hillary Clinton”.
Donald Trump has relentlessly attacked Clinton.
She also acknowledge the person that ran a strong race against her, Bernie Sanders, as well as his loud supporters. “In contrast to the dark Republican message, Democrats have become the party of light, the party of hope”.
Hillary Clinton is now officially in the history books.
Highlighting occasions when Mr Trump had apparently responded to criticism, she said: ‘If you dare, imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis – a man you can bait with a tweet, a not a man you can trust with nuclear weapons’.
At the same time, Clinton will have a prime-time opportunity to address Bernie Sanders loyalists who remain bitterly disappointed by the outcome of the primaries. The trick for Trump is can he get any of the Latinos to turn out.
Donald Trump used Twitter, as per his habit, to respond to Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech on Thursday night. “We simply can not let that happen as Americans”.
She appealed to voters beyond the party, praising US Senator John McCain, a former Republican candidate for president, as a war hero and the military service of the son of Trump’s running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence.
“Hello, Philadelphia, I am so happy for this great day and tonight”, she told those in attendance at the Wells Fargo Center.
“Not everything has been unified at this convention, but we were absolutely unified in that convention hall”, she said.
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Trump also said “that’s”, not “that is”, if we want to split hairs on the issue.
