Her daughter, Chelsea, will introduce her at the convention.
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Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran who lost her legs in combat, took on Trump’s readiness to be commander in chief, saying “I didn’t put my life on the line to defend our democracy so you could invite Russian Federation to interfere with it”.
“Well she was wrong, and it was taken out of context”, Gray said. “I will gladly lend you my copy”. In an earlier statement, he accused Democrats of living in a “fantasy world, ” ignoring economic and security troubles as well as Clinton’s controversial email use at the State Department. “The family I’m from, well no one had their name on big buildings”, Clinton said in a reference to Trump.
Michelle Bryant, a radio talk host in Milwaukee who is attending the convention, said she’s heard similar concerns from some people who call in to her show.
“A brilliant man talking about a brilliant woman”, Love said.
According to the Associated Press, Democratic Senate Candidate Jim Gray said he still supports Clinton, while at the same time he distanced himself from her infamous comment at an eastern Kentucky event.
Former Reagan administration official Doug Elmets announced he was casting his first vote for a Democrat in November, and urged other Republicans who “believe loyalty to our country is more important than loyalty to party” to do the same.
Trump unleashed the criticism in a series of tweets in reaction to the speech.
“We’re going to make it clear that we don’t want to forget those people”, Clinton said later in the Columbus speech. Speakers, some of whom included military and police officers, made frequent mentions of religion and patriotism. She will finish the job an she will do it without resorting to torture or banning entire religions from entering our country. “With her as our commander in chief, America will continue to lead in this volatile world, ” he said in speech excerpts.
Khizr Kahn, a Muslim whose son was one of 14 Muslims killed while serving in the military since the September 11, 2001, attacks, drew cheers when he pulled out a pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution and said he wanted to show it to Trump.
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Promising Americans a steady hand, Hillary Clinton cast herself Thursday night as a unifier for divided times, an experienced leader steeled for a volatile world. She aggressively challenged Republican Donald Trump’s ability to do the same. “Now we’ve got to move away from coal and all the other fossil fuels, but I don’t want to move away from the people who did the best they could to produce the energy that we relied on”. “Donald Trump consistently smears the character of Muslims”, he said.
