CHICAGO ― Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a rousing speech Monday evening in assist of Kamala Harris for president, emphasizing that her victory in November would imply that ladies all over the place have lastly smashed by means of the glass ceiling.
“Together we’ve put a lot of cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling,” Clinton mentioned. “Tonight we are so close to breaking through once and for all. I want to tell you what I see through all those cracks. And what it matters for each and every one of us.”
Clinton, who hoped to turn into the primary feminine president in 2016 however misplaced to Donald Trump, mentioned if Harris turns into that historic first, she sees infinite freedoms for folks.
“I see the freedom to make our own decisions about our health, our lives, our loves, our families,” she mentioned. “To speak our minds freely and honestly. I see freedom from fear and intimidation from violence and injustice, from chaos and corruption.”
“And you know what?” Clinton added. “On the other side of that glass ceiling is Kamala Harris raising her hand and taking the oath of office as our 47th president of the United States.”
The group erupted into deafening cheers in response, one thing they’d already been doing from the second Clinton stepped on stage. She appeared joyful to obtain it, too. She was beaming and forceful all through her speech. She took a number of photographs at Trump, one thing she could have been wanting to do given how ugly his marketing campaign was in 2016.
“It is no surprise, is it, that he is lying about Kamala’s record. He’s mocking her name and her laugh. Sounds familiar,” she mentioned to laughs, referring to Trump doing the identical factor to her in 2016. “But we have him on the run now.”
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At times, TV cameras panned to people in the crowd who appeared visibly emotional to see her standing on stage, urging people to help make Harris the historic presidential nominee that Clinton had hoped to be eight years ago.
But the former senator and secretary of state was clear that a victory for Harris is a victory for all women, including her.
“My friends, when a barrier falls for one of us, it falls and clears the way for all of us,” Clinton mentioned. “For the next 78 days, we need to work harder than we ever have…. I want my grandchildren and their grandchildren to know I was here at this moment, that we were here, that we were with Kamala Harris every step of the way.”
She sent the crowd into another round of deafening applause when she closed her remarks by saying that even if 2016 wasn’t the right time for America’s first female president, it is now.
“This is our time, America,” she said, her voice rising. “This is when we stand up. This is when we break through. The future is here; it’s in our grasp. Let’s go win!”
Clinton left the stage to “Fight Song,” her signature 2016 campaign song that reporters heard approximately 4,282 times on the campaign trail with her.
