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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks on stage during day three of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
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“In 2024, we have a clear choice: ‘We the People’ versus ‘Me, Myself, and I,’” former President Bill Clinton said at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday.
“I know what's best for our country,” Clinton said.
“Vice President Kamala Harris will solve problems, seize opportunities, ease our fears, and make sure every American, no matter how they vote, has a chance 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 this in good days and bad. To be our voice,” he said of the Democratic presidential nominee.
Clinton's wife, Hillary Clinton, lost the 2016 election to former President Donald Trump, the current Republican presidential nominee.
Clinton made a sharp joke at Trump's expense at the beginning of his speech.
Now, let's get to the point: “The stakes are too high and I'm too old to be decorating myself. I turned 78 two days ago. I'm still not as old as Donald Trump.”
Clinton also compared Trump to Harris.
“Donald Trump has been a model of consistency,” Clinton said. “He still divides people, he still blames others, he still belittles others.”
“He creates chaos, then he adjusts it, as if it were a precious art.”
“Next time you hear him, don’t count the lies. Count the ‘I,’” Clinton joked after noting that Trump “mostly talks about himself.”
“His revenge, his vengeance, his grievances, his intrigues: he is like one of those tenors, who opens his heart before he goes on stage, as I did, trying to open his lungs and say, ‘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 initial draft of his speech on Monday after watching the first night of the convention.
A Clinton aide said Clinton was moved by the energy and enthusiasm shown in Chicago and wanted to reflect that in a revised speech he gave on Wednesday.
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