Hillary Clinton didn’t hold back in her attacks on Donald Trump as she made history by officially becoming America’s first female presidential nominee last night.
Addressing the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Clinton started her speech by acknowledging the momentous nature of her nomination.
“Tonight we’ve reached a milestone in our nation’s march toward a more perfect union,” she said. “The first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president. Standing here as my mother’s daughter and my daughter’s mother, I’m so happy this day has come. I’m happy for grandmothers and little girls and everyone in between. I’m happy for boys and men. Because when any barrier falls in America, it clears the way for everyone. After all, when there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit”
"I accept your nomination for president of the United States!” —Hillary https://t.co/3Ffpf7W4Vz
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 29, 2016
Clinton spent her hour-long address giving detailed plans for what she’d do as president, but a huge portion of the speech – and the bits we all want to hear – was devoted to taking down Republican challenger, Donald Trump.
She slammed Trump for using fear to advance his own political career:
“Our country’s motto is E Pluribus Unum, out of many we are one. Will we stay true to that motto?
“Well, we heard Donald Trump’s answer last week at his convention. He wants to divide us from the rest of the world and from each other. He’s betting that the perils of today’s world will blind us to its unlimited promise. He’s taken the Republican Party a long way, from morning in America to midnight in America.
“He wants us to fear the future and fear each other. Well, you know, a great Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt came up with the perfect rebuke to Trump more than 80 years ago during a much more perilous time: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
"Donald Trump says, and this is a quote, 'I know more about ISIS than the generals do.'
No, Donald, you don't.” —Hillary
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 29, 2016
Hillary went in on Trump’s business record, saying: “Donald Trump says he wants to make America great again. Well, he could start by actually making things in America again.”
The hits just kept on coming:
“So just ask yourself, do you really think Donald Trump has the temperament to be commander in chief? Donald Trump can’t even handle the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign.
“He loses his cool at the slightest provocation, when he’s gotten a tough question from a reporter, when he’s challenged in a debate, when he sees a protester at a rally. Imagine, if you dare, imagine, imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis.
“A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.”
Let's go win this, together. pic.twitter.com/vCKpROauyZ
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 29, 2016
Then came the real killer line, which, you’d like to think, was a sly reference to the whole ridiculous brouhaha over Trump’s sensitivity about his “small hands” – moving him to actually say during a debate that the size of his hands doesn’t correspond with his penis size.
“I can’t put it any better than Jackie Kennedy did after the Cuban Missile Crisis. She said that what worried President Kennedy during that very dangerous time was that a war might be started not by big men with self-control and restraint, but by little men, the ones moved by fear and pride.
“America’s strength doesn’t come from lashing out. It relies on smarts, judgment, cool resolve and the precise and strategic application of power. And that’s the kind of commander in chief I pledge to be.”
Thank you. pic.twitter.com/zTgGmMfHQg
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 29, 2016
The reviews are in:
Great speech. She's tested. She's ready. She never quits. That's why Hillary should be our next @POTUS. (She'll get the Twitter handle, too)
— President Obama (@POTUS44) July 29, 2016
Hillary will never reform Wall Street. She is owned by Wall Street!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2016
Hillary's vision is a borderless world where working people have no power, no jobs, no safety.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2016
Hillary's wars in the Middle East have unleashed destruction, terrorism and ISIS across the world.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2016
Hillary's wars in the Middle East have unleashed destruction, terrorism and ISIS across the world.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2016
You can watch her full nomination-acceptance speech here:
Oh, and one more thing we learned last night: the Clintons love balloons.
(Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
We mean, REALLY love them.
BILL! God, he was made for GIFs. pic.twitter.com/ljwZkxmaJy
— Allison Rockey (@AllisonRockey) July 29, 2016
Oh, and fireworks:
.@HillaryClinton "OMG ACTUAL FIREWORKS WHEEEE" #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/rkYgPvbB5p
— Tasneem Nashrulla (@TasneemN) July 29, 2016
FINALLY, can we all get Morgan Freeman to narrate the biography of our life?
