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Democrats go after Trump as convention opens
First lady Michelle Obama said Hillary Clinton is the “one person who I truly believe is qualified to be president of the United States”.
Obama said in her speech on Monday on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia that Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, “never buckles under pressure”.
She said Clinton would be the kind of president that she wants for her own daughters.
Obama noted Clinton’s reaction to her 2008 Democratic primary loss to President Barack Obama.
Michelle Obama said Clinton “didn’t get angry or disillusioned” and “did not pack up and go home”.
She said Clinton has “never quit on anything in her life”.
Democrats went after Republican nominee Donald Trump’s business record on Monday night.
Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania questioned where Trump’s products were made.
“Dress shirts — Bangladesh. Furniture — Turkey. Picture frames — India. Wine glasses — Slovenia. Neck ties — China,” Casey said.
“Why would Donald Trump make his products in every corner of the globe but not in Altoona, Erie or here in Philadelphia?” he asked.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said that Clinton “knows that in the richest country in the world, it’s unacceptable that a mom with two kids working full time still lives in poverty”.
Outgoing Democratic Party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz watched the opening night of the convention from a private suite at the Wells Fargo Arena. The Florida congresswoman’s resignation from the party post will take effect Friday.
She stepped down after the release of hacked emails suggested staff at the Democratic National Committee favored Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the primaries.
Wasserman Schultz was heckled Monday morning when speaking to her home state’s delegation at breakfast. She decided against gaveling in the convention amid concerns she’d anger Sanders supporters.
Senator Elizabeth Warren used her convention speech to make clear her view that Americans won’t fall for Trump’s plan to fan what she calls “the flames of fear and hatred”.
The Massachusetts Democrat said that Trump is peddling an old story of “divide and conquer”.
Warren said a divided America can’t “fight back against a rigged system”. She said the American people are not falling for Trump’s divisive rhetoric.
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker said Clinton would be a champion for the poor as president. He said Clinton would measure America’s greatness not by the number of millionaires and billionaires, but by how few people are living in poverty.