Former President Bill Clinton’s full remarks at the Democratic National Convention : NPR

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Former President Invoice Clinton spoke to the gang on Night time 3 of the DNC, thanking President Biden for his service, praising Kamala Harris and emphasizing the excessive stakes of the November election.

“Let’s reduce to the chase. I’m too outdated to gild the lily,” mentioned Clinton, who not too long ago turned 78.

“However I am nonetheless youthful than Donald Trump,” he added, to raucous applause.

“In 2024, now we have a transparent selection: ‘We The Individuals’ versus ‘Me, Myself, and I,'” Clinton continued. ‘We The Individuals’ is, in fact, the Wednesday theme of conference.

“Not a day goes by that I’m not grateful for the prospect the American individuals gave me to be one of many 45 individuals who have held the job Even on the unhealthy days, you may nonetheless make one thing good occur,” Clinton continued.

“Kamala Harris is the one candidate on this race with the imaginative and prescient, the expertise, the temperament, the desire, and sure — the sheer pleasure — to do this on good and unhealthy days. To be our voice.”

Clinton additionally made a degree of praising his spouse’s speech earlier within the week. Hillary Clinton spoke in a primetime slot on the opening evening of the DNC, two days earlier than her husband. She used her time on the podium as a possibility to cross the torch to Harris — from one lady nominated as presidential candidate by a serious celebration, to a different.

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