“Tonight, we’ve reached a milestone in our nation’s march toward a more flawless union”, she said, following an introduction by her daughter Chelsea, “the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president”.
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In a detailed acceptance speech during Thursday’s closing session, Clinton countered Trump’s portrayal of a dystopian America, describing instead a nation with “the most powerful military, the most innovative entrepreneurs, the most enduring values”. “When there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit”.
Trump attracted 32.2 million viewers while only 29.8 million viewers watched Clinton.
Trump was a punching bag at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, which wrapped up Thursday night, as speaker after speaker-including some Republicans – said he lacked the temperament to be president.
But the “America I know” refrain, and its variations, is a common phrase used by former United States presidents including Mr Obama himself and also George W. Bush. “We wrote it together”.
Chelsea appealed to voters that there was no one who would fight as hard for them as her mother and that one thing she’s learned from her is that “public service is about service”.
Donald Trump. the Republican candidate. “He spoke for 70-odd minutes – and I do mean odd”, she said.
“I tell you those stories because if someone runs for president and says their primary qualification for being president is because they claim to be a successful businessman, then it’s only fair to ask, how did you become successful?”
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: That’s – that’s the country we’re fighting for.
One of the shorthand characterizations of our two political parties that has long had some truth to it has been that the Democrats are the mommy party, and the Republicans, the daddy party. “I don’t even think a police officer should have guns if that’s what’s going to happen”, she said. Trump’s anti-trade message has appealed to those voters, who feel frustrated with an economic recovery that’s largely left them behind. For those who vote for me and those who don’t.
Virtually every minute of Clinton’s convention conveyed her history as a woman “in the arena”, as President Obama put it in a nod to Theodore Roosevelt.
“It takes a president who believes not only in the potential of his own child, but of all children; who believes not only in the strength of his own family, but of the American family”, the first lady said.
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Trump, a 70-year-old NY businessman who has never held political office, is running just ahead of Clinton in a RealClearPolitics average of recent national opinion polls.
