Inside the arena, it sounded at times more like a traditional Republican convention than a Democratic one. Not because I want to get into an argument with conservatives about just how qualified Hillary really is, but because it seemed wrong for the moment. The Clinton camp completely miscalculated the staying power of her email fiasco.
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Obama said “anyone who threatens our values, whether fascists or communists or jihadists or homegrown demagogues, will always fail in the end”. “Bernie can be the face of the revolution, but the revolution will still continue”.
Despite jeers on the floor of the Wells Fargo Center and protests in the streets, the Clinton campaign is banking on the hope that the heavily scripted convention is bringing young, new-to-politics Sanders supporters into the fold – and that the holdouts will start to come under pressure from within.
The push to unify the party continued Wednesday as a string of liberal Democrats, including Ohio Sen.
Clinton took the stage to roaring applause from flag-waving delegates.
He noted that Trump was part of the “birther” movement that questioned the citizenship of President Barack Obama.
Clinton observers will hear some familiar themes: “You will hear her talk about how it takes a village”, Mook said, a reference to Clinton’s 1992 book of that title. Their efforts have resulted in a number of defections, including from former party officials and retired generals.
Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea Clinton, will briefly introduce her mother.
“Imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis”, she said. The platform is not binding on the nominee.
On Thursday, referring to Trump’s request two days earlier that Russian Federation uncover emails deleted by Hillary Clinton, Wasserman Schultz said the statement was “treasonous, it’s seditious, it’s unacceptable”.
“I will never be comfortable with saying that I fully support Hillary Clinton until I see her make the strides to gain our full support”, Smith-Brown said. So I’m sorry she had to resign, but it was the right thing to do.
He went on to praise Mrs. Clinton, her plans for the future, and her choice in running mate Tim Kaine, before bluntly laying out the other presidential option: “And then there’s Donald Trump”. Hundreds of delegates walked out of the convention in protest Tuesday night following the roll call.
“I was very shocked to see how much anger there is in our party”, Ivey said.
Mormons – the most reliably Republican major religious group in America – also represent a weak point for the Donald.
Hillary Clinton will officially accept the presidential nomination on the last night of the Democratic National Convention, but a vocal minority of Bernie Sanders supporters are still undecided in their support of the Democratic nominee.
“It is no longer a radical idea to say that we’re going to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour”, he said to applause.
“It’s not about the convention, it’s about the country”, he said.
The video that preceded Clinton’s speech focused heavily on her role as USA senator from NY during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in Manhattan, fighting for funding for first responders and helping survivors move on to the rest of their lives.
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“African Americans, single women and Latinos want to hear she understands the urgency of fighting for policies ranging from police reform to immigration reform and that she won’t compromise away those goals from day one”, Zelizer said. “He calls himself a business guy, which is true, but I have to say, I know plenty of businessmen and women who’ve achieved remarkable success without leaving a trail of lawsuits, and unpaid workers, and people feeling like they got cheated”.
