A few hours later, former President Bill Clinton praised his wife of 40 years in a keynote address that began with a light-hearted account of their courtship in 1971 and gave way to an exhaustive and glowing account of his wife’s career.
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“He’s taken the Republican Party a long way from “Morning in America” to midnight in America”.
Clinton also offered an olive branch to those who backed her rival Bernie Sanders, telling them their voice had been heard, even as isolated voices of dissent echoed around the Philadelphia sports arena.
“I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States”, said the Vermont senator, after the DNC’s roll call. When he’s gotten a tough question from a reporter. “So it’s infinity”, she said smiling. When he’s challenged in a debate.
“He’s betting that if he scares enough people, he might score just enough votes to win this election”, Obama said.
The acceptance speech marked the end to a four-day Democratic National Convention, where Democrats sought to make the case for why Trump is unqualified to lead.
“Can you imagine the start we are giving these girls?” “But we are not afraid”.
“Now we are clear-eyed about what our country is up against”, she said. Don’t believe anyone who says, ‘I alone can fix it.’ Those were actually Donald Trump’s words … and should set off alarm bells for us. “We have to decide whether we’re going to work together so we can all rise together”. I mean that she knew it was an important moment for women in this country.
“As we speak, as we all stand here together, that wall is crumbling”.
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Clinton said Congress and elected officials should be working with “responsible gun owners” to pass “common-sense reforms” to keep guns out of the hands of “criminals, terrorists and all others who would do us harm”. Among Clinton fans, the likelihood of voting has increased from a low of 80.4 points on July 10 to a high of 84.6 points in the most recent results, while Trump’s numbers have remained steady. This image was only solidified by his choice to eschew the business formal nod of a white dress shirt with that of a blue one while he reiterated over and over again how much trust he has in his running mate, Hillary Clinton.
