“It is with humility, determination and boundless confidence in America’s promise that I accept your nomination for president of the United States”, she said on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
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In stark contrast with Trump’s speech a week ago, which created a dark and foreboding picture of America, Hillary Clinton underscored its diversity and idealism in crafting her 57-minute address.
Her campaign has identified them as the “Donald Trump Park Avenue Collection” – four inches by six inches (about 10 cm X 15 cm) picture frames.
Hillary Clinton has accepted the Democratic Party’s White House nomination, casting herself as a tireless champion of the people and rejecting Donald Trump’s dark picture of the US. “That’s why we’re here – not just in this hall, but on this earth”. Thanks to you and everyone who has fought so hard to make this possible.
She began by thanking her daughter Chelsea, who introduced her, and her husband and ex-President Bill, who gave a highly personal speech endorsing her running on Wednesday.
Watch the livestream above and keep refreshing this page all night long for regular updates. It’s a future we are going to build’. “He calls himself a business guy, which is true, but I have to say, I know plenty of businessmen and women who’ve achieved success without leaving a trail of lawsuits, and unpaid workers, and people feeling like they got cheated”, he said. Trump said in one tweet. “I am getting hit and they don’t mean it and there’s a lot of lies being told”, he said.
Donald Trump isn’t known for the generosity of his criticism. Well, he could start by actually making things in America, ‘ she added.
Mr Trump, a 70-year-old NY businessman who has never held political office, is running just ahead of Mrs Clinton in a RealClearPolitics average of recent national opinion polls.
Clinton says there’s hope.
“There are no guarantees”, Clinton said, that political contests turn out for the best.
Clinton said that America has to bridge the divides in this country in regards to guns, race and religion.
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When he mentioned Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state and why the Federal Bureau of Investigation chose not to prosecute her because of the way she’d handled classified information, the crowd began chanting “Lock her up”, suggesting Clinton should be jailed. Such a charge would also have been problematic for the young IL senator to have made during the 2008 election, as back then Obama was seen as the more unqualified and inexperienced candidate compared to Hillary Clinton.
