Obama, Clinton making first joint campaign appearance
“This is grossly negligent conduct on the part of Hillary Clinton and her aides, but as the Obama administration has repeatedly shown throughout this process, they were never going to prosecute Clinton’s criminal behavior because they are counting on her to deliver their failed agenda a third term”. A Clinton spokesman said the campaign would cover its portion of the travel costs.
“He knows a thing or two about winning elections, take it from me”, Clinton said of the president, alluding to the bitter 2008 Democratic primary. “The bottom line is, I know Hillary can do the job, and that’s why I am so proud, North Carolina, to endorse Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States”. She says he’s a president who knows how to keep the US safe and strong.
Obama says Clinton had to do everything he did, but had to do it backward.
President Obama says Hillary Clinton won’t quit no matter how hard the challenges. The president says he saw how Clinton treated everyone with respect, regardless of how important they were. He also acknowledged that he became a loyal Clinton convert years ago, and that his 2008 Democratic primary fight against his friend is all in the past.
Bill Clinton waited for the Attorney General’s plane to land on the tarmac, then went from his private plane to her private plane and spent approximately 30 minutes visiting.
Clinton spoke Tuesday at the same time FBI Director James Comey was announcing that his team would seek no charges against the Democratic candidate over the private email server she kept as secretary of state. He said she had huge passion and was hard to face during a debate.
The rally is set to kick off at 3 p.m. EST.
Hillary Clinton praised President Barack Obama and his family effusively as she takes the stage at her first rally with the president.
Clinton piled compliment after compliment on Obama, who is markedly more popular than she is in the battleground state of North Carolina.
“For those who were outside today, and they felt a strong wind, that was the sigh of relief coming from Hillary Clinton and her campaign staff”, said Washburn Political Science professor Bob Beatty. He says she was like “Ginger Rodgers in heels”.
“I don’t think he gets the credit he deserves for saving our economy”, she said. Obama’s approval rating has inched to 50% or above in recent polls, something Democrats hope will help Clinton and other party officials running down the ballot. “Can you imagine him sitting in the Oval Office?”
“The system is rigged”, said the Republican, who was also taking his campaign to the swing state of North Carolina with an event planned in Raleigh Tuesday evening. For four years, Obama trusted her to circle the globe representing his foreign policy.
But Obama’s debut appearance on the 2016 campaign trail, while it showcased his trademark oratory and communication skills, was overshadowed by the extraordinary announcement hours earlier in Washington. According to The Charlotte Observer’s Jim Morrill, Obama and Clinton stopped at the Midwood Smokehouse in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood.
Ross told a crowd Tuesday at the Charlotte Convention Center that North Carolina is on the national map and will be painted Democrat-blue in November.