“I think that really the big test of the Democratic Convention is whether Clinton can win those people who like Obama but aren’t sold on her”, he says.
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“It’s true”, she said. Donna Soucy, a Clinton delegate, is holding a handmade sign tonight that refers to Clinton as first lady, senator, secretary of state and president. “Moms who wear cover must be not intimidated in America”, he said on September 17, 2001.
After his praises to Clinton and her decisions, Obama examined what a Donald Trump presidency would mean for the American people.
“Don’t let anyone tell you that our country is weak”, she said. “Those were actually Donald Trump’s words in Cleveland”.
She also says the USA has the most innovative entrepreneurs and the most enduring values.
“We are clear-eyed about what our country is up against”, Clinton is expected to say.
In a 12-minute introduction received warmly in a packed Philadelphia arena, Chelsea Clinton countered criticism that her mother is an untrustworthy politician who struggles to show compassion in front of American voters.
“And we’ll build a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants who are already contributing to our economy”.
“Imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis”, she said. “But we are not afraid”.
It also reflects a Republican strategy to blame Obama – and, by extension, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton – for allowing the Islamic State group to expand.
The big-name Democrats were “rocking the house”, the chairman said.
A Rutgers University Center for American Women in Politics study found that women make up less than 20 percent of Congress.
She reached out to supporters of her rival, Bernie Sanders, who could be crucial to getting her over the line in November.
The accusation comes after plagiarism dominated a full news cycle last week when Melania Trump gave a speech at the Republican National Convention strikingly similar to one given by Michelle Obama at the Democrat’s convention in 2008.
And she tells Sanders’ supporters the country needs their “ideas, energy and passion”.
Later in the speech, Clinton made a veiled reference to past failures.
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Amidst the speeches from Michelle Obama, Sarah Silverman, Lena Dunham and Meryl Streep that have dominated the headlines this week, there’s one poignant speech that will go down in U.S. history.
