During the roll call vote at the Democratic National Convention, Bernie Sanders joined the Vermont delegation and moved to give Clinton the party’s presidential nomination by acclamation. Former President Bill Clinton helped raise money for her unsuccessful OH secretary of state run in 2014.
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“For this time, Hillary is uniquely qualified to seize the opportunities and reduce the risk we face and she is still the best darn change maker I have ever known”.
That’s the case Hillary Clinton needs this convention to make.
When asked whether Trump was a better alternative, she didn’t really have an answer.
“That’s the lesson. Don’t be late for a Florida breakfast”, said Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Allison Tant.
As well as Obama, speakers on Wednesday will include Clinton’s vice presidential running mate, Tim Kaine, Vice President Joe Biden, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Leon Panetta, a former defense secretary and former head of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Former president Bill Clinton took a trip down memory lane describing the first time he met Hillary in Law School. Hillary Clinton is only on 19 of them.
HILLARY CLINTON: What an incredible honor that you have given me! But that was complicated by both Bill’s notable speech and, in particular, its length, which pushed her brief appearance by satellite to slightly later than planned, just after 11 p.m. “You nominated the real one”. You know, we all believe in magic.
He also said Republican Donald Trump and his running mate “don’t know what they’re talking about” when it comes to national security. “Well, Donald Trump, come November, women are going to be more than an inconvenience”. I hope you’ll do it.
Hurwitz detailed her experiences on the rules committee and challenged the notion that the presence of Sanders supporters on delegate committees was a compromise between the two Democratic camps.
Clinton in her speech likely will point out that she’s the first woman to be nominated by a major political party to become president.
Clinton’s speech was an effort to offer a glimpse of the human and private side of an oft-debated public figure who has been in the national public life for three decades.
“I’m so proud of the Indianapolis Star”, she said.
“You think that’s a fair question for anyone actually”.
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“We all have this unrealistic dream that democracy is alive in America”, said Debra Dilks, of Boonville, Missouri, who spoke as a protest broke up near Philadelphia’s City Hall. Hillary Clinton, by contrast, has always struggled with authenticity; in this campaign, she’s faced questions about her trustworthiness. Their reasons included her role in Benghazi, her endorsement of the Trans-Pacific Partnership [one of President Barack Obama’s big trade deals], and for “paying women in her office less than men during her time in the US Senate”. A lot of them used a picture not of Hillary – but her husband.
