Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama will deliver blistering criticism on Wednesday night of President Trump’s leadership at the Democratic National Convention and warn Democrats too much not to mobilize for Joe Biden, according to excerpts from their speeches.
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Clinton, who lost the White House to Trump four years ago after slimming margins of defeat in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, will tell Democrats she must turn out for her Democratic nominee this time because “life and living conditions on” are in line. “
Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended a news conference for the film ‘Hillary’ at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (AP Photo / Markus Schreiber)
“For four years, people have been saying to me, ‘I did not know how dangerous he was,'” Clinton said of Trump in prepared remarks. ” I wish I could go back and do it over. ‘Or at least,’ I should have voted. ‘ That, this can not be another election for woulda coulda shoulda. “
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Clinton urged Democrats to now apply for their post-a-vote, early voting and withdrawal. “Most of all, no matter what, vote. Voices like our lives and values are on the line because they are,” Clinton is expected to say.
Obama, the two-time president, will speak from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia – a location selected to underscore his message that democracy itself is at stake at this point in this election.
Obama said in prepared remarks that Trump could not do the job of president and “the consequences of that failure are serious”, citing the death toll from the coronavirus, economic downturn, America’s reputation “badly diminished” and democratic institutions.
Obama said he hoped his successor “would take some interest in the job seriously; that he might feel the weight of the bureau and discover some respect for the democracy that was placed in his care.”
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“But he never did. He showed no interest in the work; no interest in common ground; no interest in using the astonishing power of his office to help everyone but himself and his friends; no interest; for treating the presidency if all but one more reality shows that he can use to get the attention he desires, “Obama said in his speech. “Donald Trump has not grown to the job because he can not.”
Sen. Kamala Harris, California, named as Biden’s running mate, will also address the convention Wednesday night. According to excerpts, she will attack Trump by saying, “Right now we have a president who is turning our tragedies into political weapons. Joe will be a president who will meet our challenges.”
Former President Barack Obama addressed the service during the funeral for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., At Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
Both Clinton and Obama will make the case that Biden is the candidate who can heal and unite the country. Obama will remind Democrats why he chose the former Delaware senator as his two-time running mate.
“Twelve years ago, when I started my search for a vice president, I did not know I was going to find a brother,” Obama is expected to tell of the friendship he and Biden share.
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Because Republicans have been forced to question whether Biden is on the rigors of the job of president, it is expected that Obama will be responsible for Biden’s qualifications.
“In eight years, Joe was the last in the room when I faced a major decision,” Obama said in prepared remarks. “He has made me a better president. He has the character and the experience to make us a better country.”
Obama and Clinton will follow in the footsteps of their spouses who have already delivered compelling criticisms of Trump’s presidency.
“He’s had more than enough time to prove he can do the job, but he’s clearly in his head,” Michelle Obama said Monday in the keynote address. “It simply came to our notice then. He just may not be who we need him to be. It’s what it is. “
And on Tuesday night, former President Bill Clinton blew Trump out for not taking responsibility for the coronavirus response, calling his presidency “mere chaos.”
“At a time like this, the Oval Office should be a command center,” Clinton said during his convention address. “Instead, it’s a storm center. There’s only chaos. Just one thing never changes – its determination to deny responsibility and shift the blame. The goat never stops there.”
