USA presidential candidate Hillary Clinton accepted her party’s nomination on Thursday, saying: “it is with humility, determination and boundless confidence in America’s promise that I accept your nomination for president of the United States”. Calling her nomination a milestone on America’s “march toward a more ideal union”, Clinton presented herself as an experienced leader in volatile times who can unify the country.
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“When any barrier falls in America, it clears the way for everyone”, the 68-year-old Clinton said in a speech that capped the four-day nominating convention. “After all, when there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit”.
‘A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man you can trust with nuclear weapons’.
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Millions of Americans have tuned in to watch this month’s party conventions, with the Democratic get-together is ahead in terms of ratings over last week’s Republican event.
Clinton faced protests during her speech, though they were frequently drowned out by chants of “Hillary”.
The 36-year-old daughter of Mrs Clinton and former United States president Bill Clinton will explain why her other parent is destined to return to the White House.
If Hillary Clinton wants to make even more history, then she is off to a good start. “I sweat the details of policy”, she said.
In many ways, she aimed for optimism in the face of an increasingly negative presidential campaign.
“He’s betting that the perils of today’s world will blind us to its unlimited promise”, she said.
“I will work with, and appoint, the best and brightest prosecutors and law enforcement officials to get the job done”.
“He vows to build walls and ban us from this country”.
“We have to be afraid at home, because people are seeing their jobs shift away and terrorists are coming into malls, and we have to be afraid overseas because we have bad players moving against American interests”.
The video and speech predictably skipped of her vote for the Iraq War. When Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim-American soldier who gave his life for his country, offered to lend Trump his personal copy of the U.S. Constitution, American politics gained an iconic moment. “Bonds of trust and respect are fraying”, said Clinton, a former secretary of state. “We will surge our intelligence so that we detect and prevent attacks before they happen”.
Rick Neuhoff, also from Florida, said his favorite was President Obama’s.
Still, it’s mind-boggling for many that 2016 marks a first for America. Some of you are frustrated, even furious. And you know what? “America will not abandon you”. And right now an very bad lot of people feel like there is less and less respect for the work they do. Democrats, we are the party of working people.
She learned early in her Methodist upbringing, “Do all the good you can in all the ways you can for as long as you can”. Hillary Clinton sought to draw a sharp contrast between herself and Donald Trump as she ticked off one policy difference after another with her Republican opponent.
Yet only hours before Clinton was to speak, Leonard would not say whether she intends to vote for the Democratic nominee in the November 8 general election. Clinton knows that the road to the White House must include independents and Republicans, and that Donald Trump’s candidacy has opened that possibility. “Your cause is our cause”.
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He said on Wednesday there had never been a man or woman more qualified than Clinton to serve as president. “I’m proud to stand by our allies in North Atlantic Treaty Organisation against any threat they face, including from Russian Federation”, she said, in a denunciation of Mr. Trump’s position that the terms of the alliance needs to be reworked.
