In a remarkable inversion of the traditional partisan role, the Democratic convention featured stronger military themes than the Republican one, with retired Marine General John Allen leading a procession of veterans as a snare drum rolled and flags waved.
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Hillary Clinton and Sen. After a campaign rally at Temple University, the Clinton-Kaine bus tour will make its way through the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
An estimated 29.8 million people watched Thursday night on 10 broadcast and cable networks when Clinton became the first woman to accept a major US party’s nomination for president, Nielsen said.
Talking up her plans to create a living wage and get tough with Wall Street, Clinton took frequent digs at Republican rival Donald Trump, much to the delight of the cheering crowd.
I bring this all up because the goal of this speech was to let you into who the real Hillary Clinton is.
In Trump’s view, Clinton failed to accurately express the looming dangers America faces and voters’ desire for a “LAW AND ORDER” president. It seems to have made him angry.
“When any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone”.
Trump was campaigning in Colorado yesterday and is scheduled to visit OH next week.
Clinton is the first woman to receive a major party nomination for president in the United States.
On Thursday night, Trump had said he wanted to “hit” some of the speakers “so hard their heads would spin”. “More than a few times, I’ve had to pick myself up and get back in the game”.
French daily Liberation says Mrs Clinton’s “solid and vigorous” performance positioned herself as a “unifier trying to divert Americans from the alarmist and populist message” of Donald Trump. But Clinton’s public perception has always been that she is not warm and is only a policy wonk. “Americans don’t say ‘I alone will fix it.’ We say ‘we will fix it together'”. Clinton is calling for a $10 billion investment in such manufacturing communities, including helping them transition to science and technology trades. After Trump’s speech, 57% of people reacted very positively.
A Suffolk University poll released in the middle of the Democratic convention gave Clinton a nine-point lead over Trump. Libertarian Gary Johnson stood at 5% and Green Party nominee Jill Stein at 3%.
Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, tweeted that Clinton believes that the Ayatollah in Iran is an ally of the U.S. She has never said or indicated such a thing.
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Outside the US, Mrs Clinton’s speech came too late for most print editions but was widely covered online.
