Hillary for America: Children, families and earning trust on DNC day 2

by Sara Ritsch
Staff Writer

Speaking for Hillary for America today, two of her communication representatives gave a sneak peak into Tuesday’s Democratic National Convention speeches.

The Mothers of the Movement, mothers of the victims of police violence inspiring the Black Lives Matter movement, will make a primary appearance on Tuesday.

Tuesday will also feature discussion of the HIPPY Program (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters), which Hillary Clinton brought to Little Rock, AR as an extension of her care for families and children: a main focus in her and Tim Kaine’s campaign for the 2016 presidential election.

“While she is someone who has worked on behalf of children and families – the most vulnerable among us – you have [Donald] Trump, who has tried to make money off of the most vulnerable of us,” Karen Finney, Senior Advisor for Hillary for America, said.

“He has taken advantage of people for his own gain,” time and time again, she said, mentioning briefly the swindling Trump University.

Monday’s speeches highlighted more policies than the audience will see over the next few days of the DNC and possibly tenfold more than in every day of the Republican National Convention combined.

“Humanizing these important issues to this is about people…it’s not about platitudes and luster,” she continued, referencing Trump.

Jennifer Palmieri, Director of Communications for Hillary for America, joined the conversation to discuss the 2016 Democratic Platform, which she and others call the most progressive platform of all time.

The Democratic Platform for this election is specifically friendly towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, ensuring full equality for all.

In a time of division threatened by Sen. Bernie Sanders’ ‘Bernie-or-Bust’ supporters and the Wikileaks controversy, two signs of unity are seen through Clinton’s campaign: her running concord with Pres. Barack Obama, and Bernie Sanders’ full endorsement of Clinton Monday at the DNC.

“The story of the president and Hillary as former rivals coming together as partners, and him being a gracious and aggressive supporter of hers,” she said was remarkable.

“It’s also a remarkable story that we follow the first Black president with the first woman president,” she said.

Due to the rigging of the polls in Clinton’s favor as proven through the Wikileaks hack of 19,000 Democratic National Committee emails, Clinton faces a distrust in the public eye that will continue to be addressed.

Palmieri said, “She knows she has work to do to earn people’s trust. She realizes there are not magic words you can say…. What she wants people to know about her is, ‘Look what I’ve done, look at the people I’ve represented, whether it’s the people in Arkansas [through the HIPPY program]…. What anybody can tell you, is you can count on me.’

“Vote for her this election, and let her prove that [you] can count on her and she can deliver.”

Palmieri finished, “Wikileaks was obviously designed to hurt the convention. And I don’t think they’re done.”

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