“It was just hard to go to sleep”, she told supporters gathered in a West Philadelphia arena, a short hop from the arena where Clinton delivered her acceptance speech Thursday night.
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Clinton backers label Trump a loose cannon.
Their target audience: white working-class voters who make up the core of Republican nominee Donald Trump’s base.
Elsewhere, Governor Mike Pence, the Republican vice presidential nominee, hinted that he was attempting to persuade the Trump campaign to drop a ban it has placed on certain news outlet’s reporters from covering its events, including the Washington Post. 25% decided not to choose between the two.
Among the throngs of people who attended the Democratic National Convention, there were 15,000 members of the media.
Most find Clinton dishonest and calculating, and her speech didn’t change that. And supporters attending Trump’s rallies have for months sported shirts and buttons calling on Clinton to be jailed, including some with the words “Lock her up”.
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But the presidential candidate, who is preparing to embark on a post-DNC jobs tour through Pennsylvania and OH, soon shifted to taking jabs at opponent Donald Trump.
Earlier in the night, Doug Elmets, a former aide to Ronald Reagan, tried to cut into comparisons made between Trump and the Republican icon and former president.
In Colorado, Trump goaded Clinton on her failure to hold a news conference since December and accused her of lying to the FBI over its investigation of her email scandal as secretary of state. “The family I’m from, well no one had their name on big buildings”, Clinton said in a reference to Trump. For once, neither candidate has made a shameful first presidential act in their choice of running mates.
Sounding more like a pundit than the subject of all the vitriol, he pronounced Mrs Clinton’s speech “so average” and “full of cliches”. I didn’t know any of this before he became the leading Republican candidate.
History in Philadelphia, capping decades of public service, Hillary Clinton accepts the democratic nomination in the race to be the next USA president.
Kaine also drew contrasts between the Democratic and Republican conventions.
While Trump portrayed himself as a tough guy, Clinton used her own address to temper an image forged over decades of withering political trench warfare.
The Clinton campaign said that at every stop of the tour, both Democrats would emphasise bringing back jobs to America, including in technology and advanced manufacturing. I want to ask voters who are justly proud of the care with which they select their president, to re-think their thoughts this time around especially.
The Democratic convention began in Philadelphia Monday with party leaders trying to bind wounds and heal divisions among Democrats, as angry Bernie Sanders delegates came to terms with the dimming of their dream.
“I’ve been saying let’s just beat her on November 8th”. It was a journey through Donald Trump’s mind.
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“I was going to say that de Blasio is the worst mayor in the history of the city, but I didn’t say it”, Trump said to laughs.
