When Michelle Obama took to the stage of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday she used the occasion to endorse the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, as well as deliver a powerful speech that touched on her family’s historical eight-year tenure in the White House.
“I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my two black daughters playing with their dogs on the White House lawn,” Mrs Obama reflected to a packed crowd at the Wells Fargo Center. “Because of Hillary, my daughters now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States.”
Mrs Obama then went on to give a glowing recommendation for the former New York Senator, Secretary of State and her FLOTUS predecessor.
“I’m with her,” Obama sated before saying that 68-year-old Clinton had the “guts and grace to keep coming back to put those cracks in the glass ceiling.”
Michelle Obama looked radiant in a lapis knee-length dress as she delivered her powerful speech to a packed crowd in Philadelphia.
In her stirring address – which brought many to tears – an unflappable Mrs Obama took aim at the Republican presidential nominee. Without naming him, she draw a sharp and scathing portrait of Donald Trump and his campaign slogan, “Make American Great Again.”
“Don’t let someone tell you this country isn’t great — that we need to make it great again,” Obama told the crowd. “Because, right now, this country is the greatest country on Earth.”
“When you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions,” Obama warned.
“You can’t have thin skin or a tendency to lash out. You need to be steady and well-informed. I want a president with a record of public service, someone who’s life work shows our children we don’t chase fame and fortune for ourselves.”
“I’m with her”: Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton.
When Mrs Obama finished the crowd rose to give her a standing ovation.
President Barack Obama took to Twitter to praise the First Lady after her powerful address.
“Incredible speech by a incredible woman,” the president tweeted about his wife. “Couldn’t be more proud & our country has been blessed to have her as FLOTUS. I love you, Michelle.”
Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton and urges Democratic party to unite
Vermont Senator and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, the man who started a movement, also had his fans in tears.
While the 74-year-old acknowledged his supporters helped him run a very strong race he conceded to play the role of healer.
“I understand that many people here in this convention hall and around the country are disappointed about the final results of the nominating process,” Sanders said. “I think it’s fair to say that no one is more disappointed than I am. But to all of our supporters — here and around the country — I hope you take enormous pride in the historical accomplishments we have achieved.”
He then went on to urge his supporters to unite and support Hillary Clinton in a bid to keep the Republicans out of the White House.
“Based on her ideas and her leadership, Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States,” Sanders said. “The choice is not even close.”
While there was mixed emotion in the room about his endorsement Senator Sanders warned that if the Democratic party couldn’t come together then they could be stuck with a far worse alternative come November.
“If you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump would nominate and what that would mean to civil liberties, equal rights and the future of our country,” Sanders warned.
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