Hillary Clinton has almost sealed her status as the Democratic nominee for president with convincing primary wins in California, New Jersey and New Mexico, calling on supporters of her rival, Bernie Sanders, to unite behind her historic candidacy. Clinton told supporters that she had “reached a milestone” as the first woman to be a major party’s nominee for president, and immediately framed November’s general election as a contest between two opposing visions of the future. Full post after cut...................
In her speech, Clinton praised Sanders for exciting “millions of voters, especially young people” in what she said was an “extraordinary campaign”. “I know it never feels good to put your heart into a cause or a candidate you believe in and come up short,” she said, referring to her defeat to Barack Obama in 2008. “I know that feeling well.” Clinton claimed the mantle of the Democratic nominee exactly eight years to the day after she conceded defeat in her campaign against then senator Obama, memorably telling supporters that she had fallen short in her quest to shatter “that highest, hardest glass ceiling”.
On Tuesday, she returned to that metaphor, telling ecstatic supporters that the ceiling above them, in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was made of glass. “But don’t worry,” she said. “We’re not smashing this one. Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone. The first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major party’s nominee.”
On Tuesday, she returned to that metaphor, telling ecstatic supporters that the ceiling above them, in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was made of glass. “But don’t worry,” she said. “We’re not smashing this one. Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone. The first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major party’s nominee.”
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