Clinton’s acceptance speech: ‘Stronger Together’

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A delegate holds up a photo of US Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton during the final day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention on July 28, 2016, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. / AFP PHOTO / Robyn BECKROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

PHILADELPHIA – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will invoke a central campaign theme — that Americans are “stronger together” — in the acceptance speech she will deliver on Thursday, according to excerpts. 

“Every generation of Americans has come together to make our country freer, fairer, and stronger.  None of us can do it alone.  That’s why we are stronger together,” Clinton will say on the closing night of the convention. Clinton  will be the nation’s first female president if she beats Republican Donald Trump.

Excerpts of her prepared remarks:

“America is once again at a moment of reckoning. Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart. Bonds of trust and respect are fraying.  And just as with our founders there are no guarantees. It’s truly is up to us. We have to decide whether we’re going to work together so we can all rise together.

“We are clear-eyed about what our country is up against. But we are not afraid.  We will rise to the challenge, just as we always have.

“So I want to tell you tonight how we’re going to empower all Americans to live better lives. My primary mission as President will be to create more opportunity and more good jobs with rising wages right here in the United States. From my first day in office to my last. Especially in places that for too long have been left out and left behind. From our inner cities to our small towns, Indian Country to Coal Country.  From the industrial Midwest to the Mississippi Delta to the Rio Grande Valley.

“The choice we face is just as stark when it comes to our national security. Anyone reading the news can see the threats and turbulence we face. From Baghdad and Kabul, to Nice and Paris and Brussels, to San Bernardino and Orlando, we’re dealing with determined enemies that must be defeated. No wonder people are anxious and looking for reassurance — looking for steady leadership.

“Every generation of Americans has come together to make our country freer, fairer, and stronger.  None of us can do it alone.  That’s why we are stronger together.”

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