{"id":2327174,"date":"2024-08-19T22:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T02:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-rallies-support-for-harris-at-dnc-with-tales-of-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T22:35:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T02:35:27","slug":"hillary-clinton-rallies-support-for-harris-at-dnc-with-tales-of-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-rallies-support-for-harris-at-dnc-with-tales-of-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton rallies support for Harris at DNC with tales of Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhillary-clinton-rallies-support-for-harris-at-dnc-with-tales-of-trump-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2327174&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>I&#8217;m sorry, but the content you&#8217;ve provided contains a lot of information regarding an article or \u200bnews piece. \u2064It \u200bdiscusses Hillary Clinton&#8217;s role\u200d in rallying support\u200c for Kamala Harris during the Democratic National Convention, highlighting such \u200btopics \u2063as the historical significance \u200dof their candidacies, their political positions,\u2062 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-disney-grows-after-liberal-actor-in-show-with-gina-carano-made-similar-posts-still-has-job\/\" title=\"Backlash Against Disney Grows After Liberal Actor In Show With Gina Carano Made Similar Posts, Still Has Job\">current political climate<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>If you need a summary,\u200c an analysis, or have specific questions about this article, feel free\u2062 to ask!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hillary Clinton rallies DNC for Harris: &lsquo;This is when we break through&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1733956\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>CHICAGO &mdash;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hillary Clinton\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>, the first female <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic\/\" title=\"Democratic\">Democratic<\/a> presidential nominee in 2016, rallied support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Vice President Kamala Harris\">Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s presidential nomination on the first night of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic National Convention\">Democratic National Convention<\/a>, emphasizing the party needs to be &ldquo;clear eyed&rdquo; about the long road to Election Day and declaring &ldquo;this is when we break through&rdquo; the proverbial glass ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Together, we&rsquo;ve put a lot of cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling,&rdquo; Clinton said to an energized crowd of delegates. &ldquo;Tonight, so close to breaking through once and for all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even before Clinton began her speech, delegates stood and applauded for an extended period of time. She reflected on her past as the Democratic nominee in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was the honor of my life to accept our party&rsquo;s nomination for president. Nearly 66 million Americans voted for a future where there are no ceilings on our dreams,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So much support here for Hillary Clinton, 8 years later. Many delegates tell me she made it all possible for Harris to &ldquo;break through&rdquo; the proverbial glass ceiling. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EDjuZVRIXp\">pic.twitter.com\/EDjuZVRIXp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samantha-Jo Roth (@SamanthaJoRoth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamanthaJoRoth\/status\/1825712728691900446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I wish my mother and Kamala&rsquo;s mother could see us. They would say, &lsquo;Keep going&rsquo;,&rdquo; Clinton said, as delegates chanted &ldquo;Keep going.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Clinton drew a contrast between Harris&rsquo;s historic candidacy and former President Donald Trump, mentioning he&rsquo;s &ldquo;made his own kind of history: the first person to run for president with 34 felony convictions. Delegates responded by chanting &ldquo;Lock him up.&rdquo; Clinton didn&rsquo;t quiet the crowd.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Delegates here chanting &ldquo;lock him up,&rdquo; in response to Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s speech when she says Trump &ldquo;made his own mind of history: the first person to run for president with 34 felony convictions.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/igGajmslFQ\">pic.twitter.com\/igGajmslFQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samantha-Jo Roth (@SamanthaJoRoth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamanthaJoRoth\/status\/1825715212500005327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The former Secretary of State and New York senator endorsed Harris the same day President Joe Biden announced he was leaving the 2024 race and praised her work as a former prosecutor and California attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala has the character, experience, and vision to lead us forward,&rdquo; Clinton said. &ldquo;I know her heart and her integrity. We both got our start as young lawyers helping children who were abused or neglected. That kind of work changes you. Those kids stay with you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala carries with her the hopes of every child she protected, every family she helped, every community she served,&rdquo; Clinton added.<\/p>\n<p>As Clinton addressed the DNC with the hope of building on Harris&rsquo;s momentum, the second woman to win a major party nomination, delegates acknowledged the contributions the former secretary of state had made to make this moment possible.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hillary cracked the ceiling and Harris is going to shatter it,&rdquo; said Aileen Pettinger, a delegate from Saginaw, Michigan. &ldquo;We are going to step all over that glass with our Converse and our pearls, and we are going to prove that Harris is the candidate to beat Trump.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Delegates from across the country told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>they feel much more optimistic about the election with the sudden elevation of Harris as the presidential nominee. They had hoped to see Clinton become the first woman elected president, but now eight years later they have a second chance to make history.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Goood morning from the Michigan delegation breakfast, a critical swing state this cycle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nMu0MGGv0u\">pic.twitter.com\/nMu0MGGv0u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samantha-Jo Roth (@SamanthaJoRoth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamanthaJoRoth\/status\/1825512636257009884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Many of the 5,000 delegates will never forget the night Clinton lost the 2016 election to Trump and never had the opportunity to deliver her victory speech under the glass of New York&rsquo;s Javits Center, a representation of the barrier she would have broken as the first female U.S. president.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A post &lsquo;Me Too&rsquo; campaign <\/h2>\n<p>In the eight years since Clinton&rsquo;s loss, there have been major cultural changes, from the #MeToo movement to the overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. Experts believe these will be major motivating factors to get out the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton emphasized the urgency of electing Harris in this critical moment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As[residentshewillalwayshaveourbacksShewillfighttolowercostsforhard-workingfamiliesOpenthedoorswideforgood-payingjobsAndyesshewillrestoreabortionrightsnationwide&rdquo;Clintonsaidduringherspeechtoastandingovation[residentshewillalwayshaveourbacksShewillfighttolowercostsforhard-workingfamiliesOpenthedoorswideforgood-payingjobsAndyesshewillrestoreabortionrightsnationwide&rdquo;Clintonsaidduringherspeechtoastandingovation<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is no issue more important than the contrast between the two candidates on abortion,&rdquo; said Zac Petkanas, a Democratic strategist and the director of rapid response for Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s 2016 campaign. &ldquo;Donald Trump is personally responsible for overturning <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, he brags about it. That is something that is going to be ingrained in the minds of voters, especially women. The importance of that cannot be overstated.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People react to the voting results during Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s election night event at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, York, on November 9, 2016. (Photo by Anthony Behar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Daniel Hernandez, an Arizona delegate, was in Philadelphia at the convention in 2016 as Clinton accepted the nomination. He said this time feels very different.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I started my career in politics working for Gabby Giffords, but also originally working for Hillary Clinton,&rdquo; Hernandez said in an interview with the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>&rdquo;Being able to be here to help nominate the second woman to be the Democratic nominee, but hopefully the first female president is like a full circle moment for me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a really good opportunity to come back and elect the first woman president because we&rsquo;ve had 46 men and now it&rsquo;s time for a woman to take her proper place at the top of the ticket,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A sign with the image of Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is seen in the audience as President Barack Obama speaks during the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Clinton clinched the presidential nomination eight years ago, images of the nation&rsquo;s 44 male presidents were projected on the jumbotron in Philadelphia beneath an image of a plate of shattered glass to represent the history-making moment. However, Harris is not expected to draw too much attention to the subject of gender in her remarks on Thursday, according to a source familiar. So far, she has avoided drawing attention to the significance of her nomination in her campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it is very obvious to the American people what a historic candidacy this is, and that is creating an energy that is going to be important to propelling Kamala Harris through the glass ceiling that Hillary Clinton put a thousand cracks in,&rdquo; Petkanas said.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, the first black and South Asian American person to lead a major party ticket, has largely focused on her middle-class upbringing and record as a former prosecutor. Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, a delegate from Maryland, said she is far more concerned about her record and platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To be perfectly honest, I really couldn&rsquo;t care less about her gender or her demographic. I just think that we need an optimistic, thoughtful set of plans and strategies and policies that will bring our people and country forward,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;If we break some glass ceilings, that&rsquo;s terrific, but that&rsquo;s not what excites me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What excites me is that people across the country are getting mobilized and excited about a better future for everyone,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Harris, Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3106921\/harris-goes-after-trump-divisiveness-attack-racial-identity\/\">focused on her identity<\/a>, questioning if she only recently &ldquo;became black.&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) caught some flack, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/the-debrief\/3107929\/debrief-tim-carney-jd-vance-childless-cat-ladies-comments\/\">referring<\/a> to Democrats as &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vances-past-backing-of-ivf-contradicts-jennifer-anistons-social-media-criticism-reports-the-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"JD Vance&#039;s past backing of IVF contradicts Jennifer Aniston&#039;s social media criticism, reports the Washington Examiner\">childless cat ladies<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&lsquo;Cat ladies of the country united&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>In the days since Harris became the nominee, young creators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3100495\/tiktok-kamala-harris-favor-young-voters\/\">have flooded social media feeds<\/a> with memes and videos to bolster her candidacy. Republicans had long used many of these videos against Harris, but in recent weeks, her supporters have flipped the script and are using the same clips to paint her in a new light.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The cat ladies of the country united, OK. It went right back in their face,&rdquo; Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said, speaking to a New York delegate breakfast on Monday. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s coconut memes, there&rsquo;s brat summer, there is her laugh set to Beyonce music, we&rsquo;ve taken this back, and you should be very proud of that and keep it up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know being a woman candidate out there isn&rsquo;t easy. They find everything to make fun of you, about your clothes and everything,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton won the popular vote in 2016 by 2.8 million votes but lost by 100,000 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-superior-court-orders-maricopa-county-ariz-to-turn-over-2-1m-ballots-from-nov-election\/\" title=\"U.S. Superior Court orders Maricopa County Ariz. to turn over 2.1M ballots from Nov. election\">critical battleground states<\/a>. Liano Sharon, a Michigan delegate, said he&rsquo;s confident the Harris campaign has learned from Clinton&rsquo;s mistakes, pointing to her missteps in the Wolverine State.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the country was ready to elect a woman last time, the only problem was that they picked the wrong woman,&rdquo; Sharon explained. &ldquo;There were an awful lot of reasons why Clinton was a terrible choice and she demonstrated that. Kamala has done exactly the opposite.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s actually paying attention to what is actually moving people, as opposed to Clinton; she didn&rsquo;t pay attention to that at all. Like she didn&rsquo;t even visit Michigan, you know, during her campaign,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Harris appears to be borrowing a few strategies from Barack Obama that worked when he ran for president in 2008. While his supporters were enthusiastic at the prospect of electing the first black president, his message did not mention his race in his campaign, rather focusing on the future and his messaging that he would be a president for all.<\/p>\n<p>In TV ads in swing states, Harris is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3123559\/swing-state-kamala-harris-primetime-tv-ads\/\">taking a similar approach<\/a>, touting her work as a prosecutor, and California attorney general, while also talking about her upbringing, working at McDonald&rsquo;s in college. Sergio Jos&eacute; Guti&eacute;rrez, CEO of a digital strategy agency Espora and a former advisor to Clinton, believes Harris&rsquo;s campaign has demonstrated that they have learned from the mistakes of the 2016 campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Clinton was perceived by many as being too focused on traditional politics and her own level of preparedness and expertise,&rdquo; Guti&eacute;rrez said, speaking to the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>&ldquo;Her highly professional image, though valuable, was sometimes seen as a form of arrogance or disconnection from voters&rsquo; everyday concerns.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris can draw valuable lessons from Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s 2016 campaign by avoiding errors related to perceptions of disconnect, adjusting digital strategy, managing misinformation effectively, consolidating a broad coalition, maintaining authenticity in communication, and being adaptively prepared for debates and public appearance,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of her speech, Clinton urged voters to seize the moment and not to get &ldquo;distracted or complacent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want my grandchildren and their grandchildren to know I was here. That we were here. And that we were with Kamala every step of the way,&rdquo; Clinton said. &ldquo;This is our time. This is when we stand up. This is when we break through.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1733956\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1733956\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hillary Clinton, the first woman to be nominated for president by the Democratic Party in 2016, gathered support for Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s presidential bid during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention. She stressed that the party must remain realistic about the challenges leading up to Election Day and proclaimed, &#8220;this is when we break through&#8221; the metaphorical glass ceiling. Addressing an enthusiastic audience of delegates, Clinton remarked on their collective efforts to make significant progress toward breaking this barrier. &#8220;Tonight, we are so close to achieving it once and for all,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Before her speech began, delegates gave her a lengthy standing ovation. Reflecting on her own experience as a nominee in 2016, Clinton expressed gratitude: &#8220;It was an honor of my life to accept our party\u2019s nomination for president. Nearly 66 million Americans voted for a future without limits on our dreams.&#8221; Many delegates credited Clinton with paving the way for Harris&#8217;s candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton shared a personal sentiment about wishing their mothers could witness this moment and encouraged everyone with chants of &#8220;Keep going.&#8221; She contrasted Harris&#8217;s groundbreaking campaign with former President Donald Trump\u2019s history by noting he is \u201cthe first person to run for president with 34 felony convictions,\u201d prompting chants from delegates calling to \u201cLock him up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On that same day when President Joe Biden announced his exit from the race, Clinton endorsed Harris and praised her background as a prosecutor and California attorney general. &#8220;Kamala has character, experience, and vision,&#8221; she said while highlighting their shared beginnings as young lawyers advocating for vulnerable children.<\/p>\n<p>As she spoke at the DNC aiming to build momentum behind Harris\u2019s candidacy\u2014the second woman ever nominated by a major party\u2014delegates recognized Clinton&#8217;s role in making this moment possible. A delegate from Michigan declared that while Hillary cracked open the ceiling, Harris would shatter it completely.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates expressed renewed optimism about winning back power now that Harris is positioned as nominee; they see this as another chance at making history after hoping eight years ago that Clinton would become America\u2019s first female president.<\/p>\n<p>Many attendees still vividly remember election night in 2016 when they witnessed Clinton lose against Trump without delivering what would have been her victory speech under New York&#8217;s Javits Center\u2014a symbol of breaking barriers.<\/p>\n<p>In these past eight years since then\u2014marked by cultural shifts like #MeToo and changes surrounding reproductive rights\u2014Clinton underscored how crucial it is now more than ever to elect Harris: \u201cShe will always have our backs&#8230; restore abortion rights nationwide,\u201d which earned her applause from attendees who recognize how pivotal these issues are among voters today.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Hernandez\u2014a delegate who attended both conventions\u2014expressed how different this atmosphere feels compared to 2016; he sees nominating another woman as an opportunity not just personally but historically significant too.<\/p>\n<p>While some believe gender should not overshadow qualifications or policies during campaigns\u2014as noted by Maryland delegate Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi\u2014the energy around supporting women candidates remains strong among many Democrats eager for change after decades dominated by male leadership in politics.<\/p>\n<p>Since becoming nominee herself recently\u2014Harris has focused less on gender identity within speeches but rather emphasized relatable experiences growing up middle-class alongside achievements made throughout public service roles similar strategies used successfully before by Barack Obama during his own campaign journey back in \u201908.<\/p>\n<p>As excitement builds around potential historic outcomes ahead come November elections\u2014it seems clear both supporters &amp; strategists alike hope lessons learned from past campaigns will guide them towards success moving forward into uncharted territory where anything feels possible again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2327175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24233072888155.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7705,32624,32438,38627,3634],"class_list":["post-2327174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dnc","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-rallies","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24233072888155.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}