But tonight, as Hillary Clinton officially became the first woman to be a major political party’s presidential nominee, it was up to the would-be First Husband to do the same.
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And he offered throughout the speech a contrast between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump, sharing his personal knowledge of Clinton during her tenure as Secretary of State and declaring that because of his experience with her.
While Ms Clinton was following the example of Mr Trump by showing up remotely at her party’s convention in the wake of her nomination being confirmed, she has otherwise, unlike him, resisted the temptation to spend time in Philadelphia while the convention has unfolded and Thursday night is expected to the first time she visits the city in person.
“I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States”, he declared, asking that it be by acclamation.
Among the delegates who cast their votes for Clinton was 102 years old.
“We’re going to carry Hillary to victory this fall, because that’s what the moment demands”, Obama said to loud cheers and applause. I’m Hillary Rodham. Who are you?
“Well, I reject that”, Aker said. She said during Tuesday’s vote, she prayed. To ignore that a woman achieved something Tuesday that no other woman ever has by omitting her image revealed massive editorial blind spots, all over the place.
Bill Clinton told the convention in a keynote speech that Hillary had been an activist for social justice since the couple’s early days as law students together.
Drawing chants of “Not a clue” from the floor of the Democratic Party convention in Philadelphia, Biden took Trump to task for his trademark reality TV slogan, “You’re fired”.
Clinton can struggle to show compassion in front of crowds – something her supporters, including the mother of a shooting victim, says she shares in private. If the president is not exactly on our side, call the first lady.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake opened the vote by asking delegates: “Are you all ready to make history?” But Bill Clinton’s speech piqued extra interest since he hopes to be the first first man. Clinton, a former president, is a beloved figure to many Democrats, but he carries with him the baggage of numerous scandals and investigations.
Praising the qualities of American people, he addressed them directly when he said: “Time and again, you’ve picked me up”. Barbara Boxer. They disrupted the proceedings all evening and it got to the point that a frustrated Sarah Silverman – comic and ardent Sanders supporter- turned to them and essentially told them to shut up from the stage.
Whether you supported Clinton, as I did, or Sanders, as many Nation readers and the editorial leadership of the magazine did, it’s worth taking a moment to savor, as Michelle Obama did, the nature of Clinton’s historic achievement.
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“The cornerstone of his campaign is not economics”, Sanders added. And the key task of introducing Ms Clinton to the convention on Thursday has thus been handed to the younger Ms Clinton.
