The former president of USA Bill Clinton (1993-2001) spoke this Wednesday at the Democratic convention in Chicago one of the most captivating speeches of the night, improvising and joking about how Kamala Harrisif elected, will have broken her record as the president who has spent the most time in a McDonald’s.
The vice president worked in a fast food chain establishment when she was a student, an experience that has been mentioned several times in the Democratic Convention in Chicagoin an attempt to define her as a defender of the working class.
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“As a young man, Harris worked in McDonald’s and greeted each person with a beaming smile and asked, ‘How may I help you?’ Now he is at the pinnacle of power and continues to ask the same question.”he narrated Clinton.
“I will be very happy when she enters the White House as president, because she will break my record as the president who spent the longest time in office. McDonald’s”, added the former president, who was greeted with applause from the public and who has made a name for himself due to his fondness for fast food.
Clinton began her speech by thanking the American president, Joe Bidenhis “courage, compassion, class, service and sacrifice” by deciding to end his presidential campaign after receiving internal pressure from his party and paving the way for Harris.
During the rest of his speech, the politician Arkansas He stressed the importance of the November elections and stated that USA faces “a clear choice” between two different visions for the country. “Kamala Harris She is the candidate for the people and the other guy has only shown that he thinks of himself,” declared.
Clinton, who made several off-the-cuff remarks, also found time to take a dig at the Republican candidate’s age. Donald Trump.
“Two days ago I turned 78, I am the oldest man in my family in four generations. And the only thing I want to boast about is that I am still younger than Donald Trump”he said, eliciting laughter from the audience.
If he wins in November, Trump would be the oldest president to ever reach office. White House At 78 years and 219 days, surpassing the record set by Biden taking office at 78 years and 61 days.
According to the network CNN, Clinton He tore up a copy of his prepared speech after hearing the former president’s electrifying speech on Tuesday night. Barack Obama (2009-2017) before the Democratic Convention and decided to rewrite it moments before delivering it this Wednesday.
The third day of the Democratic Conventionin which the star speech will be that of the vice-presidential candidate, Tim Walzhas been full of interventions by great figures of the party, such as the former president of the Lower House Nancy Pelosi and the singer’s music Stevie Wonder.
The artist, who in 2014 received from the hands of Obama the Medal of Freedomintervened to ask to elect in November “happiness over resentment and kindness over discrimination” and “keep going, keep trying… reach the higher ground”paraphrasing the theme ‘Higher Ground‘ which he performed before a devoted audience.
