His almost 20-minute-long speech, seemed to excite the crowd as the first headlining speaker of the night. There is something of a kinship, it seems, and they don’t often get involved in the political sniping.
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In a 15-minute address to the convention, the lawyer- turned-first lady proved to be the “perfect Trump antidote”, doing more than any governor or congressman to unite and fire up the party for November’s presidential election in the face of another non-politician, Donald Trump, from the rival Republican camp.
Trump has only one direction: low.
“In working with Melania Trump on her recent First Lady speech, we discussed many people who inspired her and messages she wanted to share with the American people”, Meredith McIver wrote. “I’m a counter-puncher”, he has said repeatedly during this campaign. Rosie O’Donnell, Megyn Kelly, Carly Fiorina, Elizabeth Warren – the list goes on and on.
In this way, Michelle Obama is not unique in her position.
What they don’t want – or need – is a repeat of the anti-Hillary Clinton barbs and boos that traveled throughout the Wells Fargo Center that emanated from supporters of Bernie Sanders who still refuse to embrace the former secretary of state.
On teaching her children how to handle life in the public eye: “That is what Barack and I think about every day as he tried to guide and protect our girls from the challenges of this unusual life in the spotlight”.
“I’m saying this as a partisan who takes the other side seriously; this speech is a grand slam for Dems”. Someone who understands that the issues a president faces are not black and white and can not be boiled down to 140 characters.
“Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military in your command, you can’t make snap decisions”, Mrs. Obama continued. “You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out”.
The two speeches, ironically on the importance of hard work, use the same phrasing “work hard for what you want in life”, “your word is your bond” and “we want our children in this nation.to know the limits of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them”. Obama believes that Hillary Clinton is qualified for the position as president.
It was full of implicit critiques of Trump, who was never explicitly named. And she did it all without ever speaking his name.
Democrats beat Republicans in the TV ratings for the first night of the Democratic National Convention, according to early data on Tuesday.
While Trump was quick to fight back against speeches by U.S. Sens.
She also conveyed how much progress she feels has been made in the United States. His other tweets during that year’s Democratic convention weren’t almost so kind.
White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett told NBC that there’s no chance of a Michelle Obama running for public office.
There was no mistaking the allusion to Trump, the perpetual tweeter.
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Her speech garnered a near silent crowd except for the cheers in agreement. She’s a draw, people love her and people trust her. “She understands what it’s like to parent alone, because her husband was gone so often”.
