Clinton chose to run on her experience, refusing to campaign on gender. He warned repeatedly Wednesday that the billionaire businessman is unprepared for the challenges that would await him in the Oval Office.
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Naturally, Obama praised Clinton effusively, calling her the “woman in the arena”, a reference to an old Teddy Roosevelt line, and saying “there has never been a man or a woman more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America”.
She will balance her policy strengths with connecting with Americans watching from their living rooms as she faces a nation divided by intense Trump rhetoric, spikes in race-related gun violence, and heightened fear brought about by upticks in terrorist attacks around the world.
“I don’t agree that you should exit the process if you don’t agree with the outcome, I think you just have to work really hard to change the outcome for the next time”, she said.
Obama urged Americans to summon the hopefulness of that White House campaign, before recession deepened and new terror threats shook voters’ sense of security.
If Democrats wanted to frame the election as their optimism against Trump’s darkness, the Republican nominee was eager to help.
Clinton joined Obama on stage after his speech and the pair joined in an affectionate hug.
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“Ronald Reagan called America “a shining city on a hill”, he said.
Thursday night is Hillary Clinton’s moment.
Clinton has never been as telegenic and personable a politician as her husband or Obama, whose powers of communication were on colorful and persuasive display Tuesday and Wednesday.
Many people don’t trust her, polls consistently show, a legacy perhaps of the Clintons’ 1990s-era controversies from the land deal known as Whitewater to Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky. “This guy doesn’t have a clue about the Middle Class”. Rewind his 12-minute speech Wednesday night. Obama used it in 2008 after he defeated Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, a USA senator from Virginia, said Trump was a “a one-man wrecking crew” who could not be trusted in the Oval Office.
“Biden just did what Obama and Clinton don’t do effectively.he evangelized American Exceptionalism”, tweeted Rob Stutzman, a California Republican strategist. Kaine asked. And the crowd roared “No!”
“By the way, does anybody in this massive auditorium believe that Donald Trump’s been paying his fair share of taxes?”
In his speech to the convention, businessman and former NY mayor Michael Bloomberg said people needed to unite to defeat Trump, who he called a “dangerous demagogue”. We are talking about Donald Trump again.
“As someone who was responsible for protecting our nation from cyberattacks, it’s inconceivable to me that any presidential candidate would be that irresponsible”, he said.
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent, considered his own run for president before issuing a statement in March saying he would not risk the chance that he would divide the electorate in a way that would lead to Trump getting elected.
He quipped that unlike Trump, he didn’t start his business empire with a “million-dollar check from my father”.
“Trump has left behind a well-documented record of bankruptcies, thousands of lawsuits, angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated, and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off”, Bloomberg said.
“We might see Bernie sanders in an important roll in her cabinet, or having some kind of impact on the Clinton White House”.
“We do know that there’s a slice, however narrow, of those persuadable voters that are still making up their minds”, Clinton press secretary Brian Fallon told reporters in Philadelphia as he previewed her remarks.
Consulted about Clinton’s talks with unions regard NAFTA, a senior Mexican government official said the TPP already provided the United States with a platform to strengthen the rights of workers compared to NAFTA, although USA union activists say the new pact weakens rather than strengthens workers’ protection.
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“I propose a different vision for America, one where we can break up Washington’s rigged system, and empower all Americans to achieve their dreams”.
