Biden’s speech is likely to be the final major political address of his career, and he used it to also give a strong endorsement of Hillary Clinton.
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“He wants to divide us from the rest of the world and from each other”, Clinton said, mocking Trump’s claim that he alone can “fix” the country.
When asked during his interview with Gutherie if he was “worried” about Trump and the current election cycle, Obama responded by saying, “I’ve seen all kinds of insane stuff happen”. “Yeah”, said Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
Obama said: “She’s been there for us”.
And that is how Obama saw the matter.
“What I think is scary is a president who doesn’t know their stuff and doesn’t seem to have interest in learning what they don’t know”, Obama told NBC News – “basic knowledge about the world or what a nuclear triad is or where various countries are or the difference between Sunni and Shia in the Muslim world”.
He said Clinton would approve bad trade deals and allow possibly unsafe immigrants from the Middle East to flood the country.
Election forecasts like 538 and the New York Times show Clinton leading Trump in the polls, but according to the Now-cast on 538, it is still a tight race. But there is more: Both must grapple with an impatience embodied in Bernie Sanders’s campaign and a right-wing nationalism that disdains the quietly rational, socially tolerant, policy-oriented liberalism that animates their approach to governing.
Several Sanders delegates from Colorado told KRDO Newschannel 13 they feel the combined impact of all three speeches will help to sway some Bernie supporters to get behind Hillary. Instead, the party’s liberal wing have called for everything from a halt to war and fracking to clean-up efforts in Flint, Michigan’s polluted water.
It was a bittersweet moment for Biden in more ways than one.
Inside, it was all about the Clintons on Tuesday.
“The truth is, through all of these years of public service, the service part has always come easier to me than the public part”. “That’s the Hillary I know”.
Elizabeth Maurer, director of programs at the National Women’s History Museum, said Clinton’s accomplishment is a historical milestone but getting more women in elected office begins with outreach.
“She’s a natural leader, she’s a good organizer, and she’s the best darn change-maker I’ve ever met in my entire life”, he added.
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Noting his son had placed his name into nomination during the 2008 and 2012 conventions, Biden said he had gathered strength from his family and supporters, including the President and first lady.
