{"id":2328859,"date":"2024-08-21T22:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T02:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-clinton-jabs-at-trumps-age-in-dnc-speech-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T22:48:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T02:48:13","slug":"bill-clinton-jabs-at-trumps-age-in-dnc-speech-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-clinton-jabs-at-trumps-age-in-dnc-speech-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton jabs at Trump&#8217;s age in DNC speech &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fbill-clinton-jabs-at-trumps-age-in-dnc-speech-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=2328859&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>Former President Bill Clinton\u200d addressed\u200c the\u2064 Democratic National Convention, delivering a speech that highlighted his\u200d endorsement of Vice President \u2062Kamala Harris while humorously \u200ccritiquing Donald \u2064Trump. This \u200dmarked Clinton&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-overlook-the-clintons-problematic-past-at-dnc-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrats overlook the Clintons&#039; &#039;problematic&#039; past at DNC - Washington Examiner\">12th consecutive address<\/a> at\u2062 a Democratic convention, \u200band he reflected on his time in office, specifically\u2062 noting his past acceptance of the nomination in 1996 when the\u200c convention \u2063was last held in\u200c Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton began by celebrating President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200bachievements before\u200d jabbing at Trump\u2019s age\u2014claiming he \u200bis older but still younger\u2063 than Trump\u2014which elicited cheers from the audience. He\u200b framed\u200b the 2024 election as \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-israeli-official-hamas-can-surrender-or-well-hunt-down-every-commander-every-post-until-we-win\/\" title=\"Top Israeli Official: Hamas Can Surrender, Or \u2018We\u2019ll Hunt Down Every Commander, Every Post, Until We Win\u2019\">clear choice<\/a>\u200b between Harris, whom he praised\u200c for\u200c her dedication to the public, and Trump, whom he characterized \u200cas self-centered.<\/p>\n<p>Humor was a key element of the speech; Clinton\u200c shared \u2062a light-hearted joke about Harris&#8217;s first job in fast food and expressed a desire for\u2062 Harris to assume the presidency, suggesting she would break his\u2062 record \u2063of frequent visits to McDonald&#8217;s.\u200d He emphasized the need for a leader with \u200cvision and experience, asserting that Harris embodies these qualities, while contrasting this with Trump\u2019s self-centeredness.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton urged the audience to engage with their neighbors and treat differing opinions with respect, encouraging\u2064 them to believe in a collective \u2062future with Harris as their leader. He closed his remarks by calling for hope and declaring a need for what he described as &#8220;the president\u2064 of joy,&#8221; in\u200d reference to Harris. <\/p>\n<p>The convention\u200c also featured remarks from Hillary Clinton, who received a warm response, particularly when referencing Trump\u2019s legal\u2063 troubles. Despite \u2062some controversy surrounding Bill Clinton&#8217;s appearance, the night focused on the theme \u200b&#8221;A Fight for Our Freedoms.&#8221;  <\/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\">Bill Clinton jabs at Trump&rsquo;s age and jokes about McDonald&rsquo;s in DNC speech<\/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_1735387\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President Bill Clinton delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-elise-stefanik-announces-she-is-pregnant-with-her-first-child\/\" title=\"Rep. Elise Stefanik Announces She Is Pregnant With Her First Child\">full-throated endorsement<\/a> of Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> at the Democratic National Convention in a speech that poked fun at both himself and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton&rsquo;s comments on Wednesday marked his 12th consecutive address before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats&rsquo;<\/a> nominating convention. In 1996, the last time the convention was held in Chicago, the former president accepted the nomination for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>The former president opened his remarks by celebrating President Joe Biden&rsquo;s term in office before turning his sights directly to Trump with a jab at his age.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s cut to the chase: I am too old to gild the lily. Two days ago, I turned 78, the oldest man in my family for generations, and the only point of vanity I want to assert is I&rsquo;m still younger than Donald Trump,&rdquo; he stated, earning raucous cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2024, we&rsquo;ve got a pretty clear choice, it seems to me: Kamala Harris, for the people, and the other guy, who&rsquo;s proved even more than the first time around that he&rsquo;s about &lsquo;me, myself, and I.&rsquo; I know which one I like better for our country,&rdquo; Clinton continued. &ldquo;Kamala Harris will work to solve our problems, seize our opportunities, ease our fears, and make sure that every single American, however they vote, has a chance to chase their dreams.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Clinton managed to bring up Harris&rsquo;s first job, working in fast food, capping the reference with a self-deprecating, groan-inducing zinger.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be so happy when she actually enters the White House as president because she will break my record as the president who spent the most time at McDonald&rsquo;s,&rdquo; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The former president claimed that Harris &ldquo;is the only candidate in this race who has the vision, the experience, the temperament, the will, and, yes, the sheer joy, to get stuff done&rdquo; before again castigating Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, how does Donald Trump use his voice? Mostly to talk about himself. So, the next time you hear him, don&rsquo;t count the lies &mdash; count the I&rsquo;s,&rdquo; Clinton added. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s like one of those tenors warming up his voice before going on stage like I did by saying: me, me, me, me. When Kamala Harris is president, every day will begin with you, you, you, you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So we got to ask ourselves the questions when going to hire a president, do you want to build a strong economy from the bottom up and the middle out, or do you want to spend the next four years talking about crowd size?&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I urge you to talk to all your neighbors. I urge you to meet people where they are. I urge you not to demean them, but not to pretend you don&rsquo;t disagree with them, if you do &mdash; treat them with respect. Just the way you like them to treat you,&rdquo; Clinton charged the crowd. &ldquo;If you vote for this team, if you can get them elected and let them bring in this breath of fresh air, you&rsquo;ll be proud of it for the rest of your life. Your children will be proud of it. Your grandchildren will be proud of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Take it from a man who once had the honor to be called at this convention, a man from hope. We need it. We need Kamala Harris, the president of joy, to lead us,&rdquo; he closed.<\/p>\n<p>Bill wasn&rsquo;t the only Clinton to speak in Chicago this week. Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, delivered her own remarks on Monday, the opening night of the convention.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan delegate Nicole Wells Stallworth, 47, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Secretary Clinton&rsquo;s speech brought her to tears. Clinton also delivered a memorable moment by smirking while the crowd inside the United Center chanted &ldquo;Lock him up!&rdquo; after the former first lady brought up Trump&rsquo;s dozens of felony indictments.<\/p>\n<p>DNC officials said that President Clinton&rsquo;s remarks were meant to highlight the theme of night three, &ldquo;A Fight for Our Freedoms,&rdquo;&nbsp;but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-bannon-bid-to-avoid-prison-sentence-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Supreme Court rejects Bannon bid to avoid prison sentence - Washington Examiner\">committee&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s decision to have Clinton speak on Wednesday had stirred some controversy earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&rsquo;s S.E. Cupp made headlines on Monday for criticizing the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic National Committee<\/a>&nbsp;and the convention&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ioc-president-will-not-add-fuel-to-summer-olympics-cancellation-rumors\/\" title=\"IOC president will \u2018not add fuel\u2019 to Summer Olympics cancellation rumors\">organizing committee<\/a> for incorporating Bill Clinton into their speaker list, claiming that his past controversies could dampen the momentum Harris has generated since being promoted on the party&rsquo;s ticket last month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For a Democratic Party looking to the future, this man has not been president for more than two decades, and when he was he did things that Democrats would now revile,&rdquo; Cupp said this week, specifically highlighting his affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and sexual misconduct allegations dating back to his days as governor of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Arkansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arkansas<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But it&rsquo;s worse than that. It&rsquo;s worse. Bill Clinton&rsquo;s problematic,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;Listen, Democrats: You can quit Bill Clinton. That&rsquo;s allowed. You&rsquo;re allowed to quit him. Isn&rsquo;t it time to leave him behind?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1735387\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1735387\"}});<\/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>Bill Clinton takes a dig at Trump&#8217;s age and makes light of McDonald&#8217;s in DNC speech. The former president gave a strong endorsement for Vice President Kamala Harris during his address at the Democratic National Convention, humorously referencing both himself and Donald Trump. This speech was Clinton&#8217;s 12th consecutive appearance at the Democrats&#8217; nominating convention, having last accepted his own nomination there in 1996. He began by praising President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration before directly addressing Trump with a quip about their ages: &#8220;Let\u2019s cut to the chase: I am too old to gild the lily. Two days ago, I turned 78, making me the oldest man in my family for generations, but I\u2019m still younger than Donald Trump,&#8221; he remarked, prompting loud cheers from attendees.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton emphasized that voters face a clear choice in 2024: &#8220;Kamala Harris is for the people,&#8221; while contrasting her with Trump, who he claimed is focused on himself. He expressed confidence that Harris would work towards solving issues and ensuring every American has opportunities to pursue their dreams. Clinton also humorously referenced Harris&#8217;s early job in fast food by saying he would be glad when she becomes president because she will surpass him as &#8220;the president who spent the most time at McDonald\u2019s.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He asserted that Harris possesses all necessary qualities\u2014vision, experience, temperament\u2014to get things done effectively while criticizing Trump&#8217;s self-centeredness: \u201cWhen you hear him speak next time, don\u2019t count his lies\u2014count how many times he says \u2018I\u2019.\u201d He urged voters to consider whether they want to build a strong economy or spend four years discussing crowd sizes.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton encouraged engagement with neighbors respectfully and highlighted that voting for this team would lead to pride among families for generations. He concluded by calling for Kamala Harris as \u201cthe president of joy\u201d to lead them forward.<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton also spoke earlier during the convention week; her remarks moved some delegates emotionally and included moments where she smirked as chants of \u201cLock him up!\u201d erupted after mentioning Trump&#8217;s legal troubles. While DNC officials intended Bill Clinton\u2019s speech to align with their theme of fighting for freedoms on night three of the convention, it faced criticism due to his controversial past involving allegations from his presidency and beyond. Some commentators suggested it might undermine momentum generated by Kamala Harris since her recent promotion on the party ticket<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2328860,"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\/bill-clinton-dnc-speech.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38901,38900,38697,32171,3634],"class_list":["post-2328859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-age-debate","tag-bill-clinton","tag-dnc-speech","tag-political-commentary","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bill-clinton-dnc-speech.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328859","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}