Bill Clinton Praises Kamala Harris, Mocks Trump’s Narcissism
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks on stage on day three of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Former President Bill Clinton told Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, “In 2024We have a clear choice: ‘We the People’ versus ‘Me, Myself and I’.
“I know what I would prefer for our country,” Clinton said.
Vice President “Kamala Harris will work to solve our problems, seize our opportunities, calm our fears and ensure that every American, no matter how they vote, has the opportunity to pursue their dreams,” said the former president, who served two terms in the White House until January 2001.
“Kamala Harris is the only candidate in this race who has the vision, the experience, the temperament, the will, and yes — the sheer joy — to do it in good days and bad. To be our voice,” he said of the Democratic presidential nominee.
Clinton’s wife, Hillary Clintonlost the 2016 election to former President Donald Trumpcurrent Republican presidential candidate.
Clinton had a biting joke about Trump early in her speech.
Now, let’s get straight to the point: The stakes are too high and I’m too old to be fancy,” Clinton said. “I actually turned 78 two days ago. And I’m still not as old as Donald Trump.”
Clinton also compared Trump to Harris
“Donald Trump is a model of consistency,” Clinton said. “He still divides, he still blames, he still puts others down.”
“He creates chaos, and then he arranges it as if it were a precious work of art.”
“Next time you hear him speak, don’t count the lies. Count the ‘I’s,” Clinton joked after noting that Trump “mostly talks about himself.”
“His grudges, his revenges, his complaints, his plots: He was like one of those tenor singers, raising his voice before going on stage, like I used to, trying to open his lungs by saying ‘I, I, I I’.”
“When Kamala Harris becomes president, every day will start with ‘you, you, you, you.'”
NBC News reported that Clinton tore up an earlier draft of her speech on Monday after watching the first night of the convention.
A Clinton aide said Clinton was moved by the energy and enthusiasm displayed in Chicago and wanted to reflect that in the revised speech he gave on Wednesday.
