Sentences with phrase «national convention speech»

Given this reality, Romney's sophomoric climate change joke at the end of his Republican National Convention speech is the best thing to have happened to climate change coverage all year.

Yesterday Twitter suspended the account of Meredith McIver, the supposed speechwriter who took responsibility for writing Melania Trump's plagiarized Republican National Convention speech.

Clinton, whose Democratic National Convention speech this summer provided a boost for President Barack Obama, will loan his popular appeal to the Maffei campaign at a rally open to the public at Syracuse's Hancock International Airport, the sources said.

The former San Antonio mayor drew national attention for his 2012 Democratic National Convention speech.

Abortion was mentioned in one sentence of Romney's Republican National Convention speech.

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When news broke Thiel would be giving a speech in support of Trump at the Republican National Convention, Facebook's response was that the speech was Thiel's business as an individual.

Forbes revealed in May that Thiel was listed as a delegate for Trump at the Republican National Convention, where he also gave a speech.

Her speech at the Republican National Convention was widely panned after the discovery of striking similarities of portions of her speech to the one delivered by Michelle Obama at the 2008 Democratic cConvention was widely panned after the discovery of striking similarities of portions of her speech to the one delivered by Michelle Obama at the 2008 Democratic conventionconvention.

The former model stepped out of the shadow Monday night, making the traditional spouse's speech at the Republican National Convention.

Trump delivers a speech during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention

First lady Michelle Obama waves goodbye after her speech during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 25, 2016.

Former President Bill Clinton reacts to a speech by First Lady as he sits with former Attorney general Eric Holder (top right) and Representative John Lewis (D - GA), (rear) at the Democratic National Convention.

His convention speech emphasized populist, nativist themes, as did his inaugural address — not the high - road, unifying rhetoric that Americans expect at such national moments.

One of his most notable speeches was Trump's address at the Republican National Convention where the then - presidential candidate declared «I alone can fix it» when accepting the party nomination.

Hillary Clinton was viewed more positively in an instant CNN / ORC poll after her presidential - nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention than Donald Trump was after delivering his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.

The investor served as a Trump delegate at the Republican National Convention and gave a speech endorsing the candidate during the cConvention and gave a speech endorsing the candidate during the conventionconvention.

«I think he has a very strong ability to communicate what I think is the heart of the Democratic message,» Strickland said, pointing to speeches Springer delivered to delegations at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last summer.

While Trump does reference some of her own experiences, including her efforts to prepare a speech at the Republican National Convention, the book often lapses into generic platitudes of female empowerment that could have been written by anyone.

His first speech of national prominence, given at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, was a masterful intertwining of his personal life story with the story of national prominence, given at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, was a masterful intertwining of his personal life story with the story of National Convention in 2004, was a masterful intertwining of his personal life story with the story of America.

Melania Trump's much - anticipated speech to close out Day 1 of the Republican National Convention is making waves for all the wrong reasons.

The election histrionics only grew in intensity following the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, with Republican nominee Trump in particular generating countless headlines as he clashed with the parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain killed in the line of duty after they criticized him during a speech on the night the party nominated Hillary Clinton.

Peter Thiel, the gay tech billionaire, Facebook board member, and desperately thirsty speaker at the Republican National Convention, pulled out of his speech at a nightmarish neo-fascist conference in September after we highlighted his planned appearance there last week.

«She's not really at ease speaking in public, and it shows,» Andrew Sullivan wrote for New York magazine about her speech at Thursday's Democratic National Convention.

[166] At the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, Hillary Clinton called for her supporters to endorse Obama, and she and Bill Clinton gave convention speeches in hiConvention in Denver, Colorado, Hillary Clinton called for her supporters to endorse Obama, and she and Bill Clinton gave convention speeches in hiconvention speeches in his support.

[167] Obama delivered his acceptance speech, not at the center where the Democratic National Convention was held, but at Invesco Field at Mile High to a crowd of approximately 84,000 people; the speech was viewed by over 38 million people worldwide.

She took credit — and then blame — for writing Melania Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention that included similar lines from Michelle Obama's speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

(Update: Mike Bloomberg delivered a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia where he praised Hillary Clinton's leadership and assailed Donald Trump's business acumen, calling him a «dangerous demagogue.»

She's brought in comprehensive climate reforms and a carbon tax, but she is using those commitments to try and secure national support for the Energy East and Trans Mountain pipelines, references that received only tepid applause in a convention speech that otherwise had NDP delegates overjoyed by her enthusiasm and winning ways.

An energetic speech he delivered in 2016 at the Republican National Convention, at which Mr. Trump was nominated, prompted talk of Mr. Giuliani's being appointed secretary of state or, perhaps, of his leading the Department of Homeland Security.

In his speech on Thursday at the Republican National Convention, he argued with an invisible Barack Obama in an empty chair, drawing applause from the audience but upstaging Mitt Romney in the process.

Jesse Jackson's references to the slop jar and the slave ship in his speech to the 1988 Democratic National Convention reflects how his heritage and struggle to survive shaped his ideology and his commitment to equity, fairness and justice.

Boehner's remarks were included in a speech he delivered to the National Religious Broadcasters annual convention in Nashville.

Consider another famous political oration, the 2004 convention speech that vaulted Barack Obama to national fame.

Huckabee's speech to the 2008 Republican National Convention is a good example of his strengths and weaknesses.

With the Donald Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention taking place tonight, it's easy to forget that there are nine MLB games scheduled including one that's offering tremendous value for contrarian bettors.

«Everybody is trying to improve it for the kids,» said Pope, who last year gave a keynote speech at the convention of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, a gathering of college admissions officers and high school counselors.

After Hurricane Isaac took Day One of the Republican National Convention off script, the schedule is back on today, with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie due to give the keynote speech this evening.

... Beaird attracted national attention in 1956, when he gave a seconding speech for the renomination of President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, Californianational attention in 1956, when he gave a seconding speech for the renomination of President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, CaliforniaNational Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.»

That isn't to say that she's not out there working and making appearances — including a stint on The Daily Show during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte and a speech to the Iowa delegation, too — and also raising a boatload of campaign cash.

While Obama was attracting media attention typically only accorded to the top tier of candidates as a result of his 2004 speech at the Democratic National Convention, he was running against two better known opponents.

At a union hall in Rochester, Cuomo endorsed Democratic Reps. Kathy Hochul and Louise Slaughter, with a speech that was very similar to the address he gave in Charlotte before the New York delegation to the Democratic National Convention.

«This is not a new principle, it is not a Democratic or Republican idea, nor is it even uniquely New York,» he said, expanding his speech from being New York - specific, instead seeming to address the nation with rhetoric reminiscent of Barack Obama's famous speech to the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

Later that year, Clinton gives a poorly - received and verbose speech in favor of Michael Dukakis at the Democratic National Convention.

By contrast, Mario Cuomo, less than two years into his governorship, vaulted into the national spotlight with a speech to the 1984 Democratic National Connational spotlight with a speech to the 1984 Democratic National ConNational Convention.

At the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco, Brooke gave a speech urging the party to endorse a more robust civil rights plank in its platform.

Governor Andrew Cuomo wasn't going to avoid the comparisons to his father's famous 1984 «Tale of Two Cities» Democratic National Convention keynote speech — so he didn't try.

He is planning a low - key role at this year's Democratic National Convention — he will attend with the state's delegation, but does not have a scheduled speech, despite being among the nation's most popular governors.

Ahead of his speech to the Democratic National Convention Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Bill de Blasio sat down with Zack Fink for an exclusive interview.

At the 1984 Democrat National Convention, Gov. Mario Cuomo stepped up to the podium and gave one of the most iconic political speeches of the latter half of the 20th...

Queens Congressman Joseph Crowley devoted his speech at the Democratic National Convention in July to pointing out how the mogul took advantage of government grants intended for small businesses struggling in the aftermath of the attack.