FULL VIDEO of rally:
It is the entire video with speeches from Senate and House hopefuls Ross and Cooper beforehand. If you want to skip to the Obama/Hillary part of the rally, go to 1:25.00 into the video.
The Hillary campaign released a video this morning about how confident he is in Hillary, and how diligent she was as SoS:
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This is a live blog feed, and will be updated with quotes and impressions throughout the rally.
3:31 Hillary mentions Ross and Cooper, as the next Senator and Congressman.
3:32 Hillary talks about Obama. “Donald, it is Hawaii!”
3:34: We went from rivals to friends. Admiration for him and his amazing wife Michelle. (Crowd goes wild)
3:35 Hillary talks about Malia’s 18th birthday. And Sasha. “Obama’s greatest accomplishments”
3:36: Hillary talking about Obama: “He doesn’t get the credit he deserves for saving our economy”
3:37: “Inequality too high, wages too low. We need an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top”
3:38:
5 goals.
Biggest investment in good paying jobs since WWII. Trump wants to do away with federal minimum wage. We are going to increase minimum wage.
Second: Make college debt free and community college completely free.
Third: Make sending jobs overseas harder. We need to make sure Wall Street can never wreck Main Street again.
Fourth: We make sure Wall Street pays proper taxes. Also, we want to see Donald Trump’s tax returns.
Fifth: Change policies to make things equal. If fighting for equal pay for women… is playing the woman card than DEAL ME IN.
Hillary, Hillary, Hillary chants.
Talks about Obama again. “Competed against each other as hard as we could. But when it was over I was proud to endorse him and campaign for him.”
3:43 President Obama asked me to serve. We both love our country.
Stronger together.
3:45 Hillary: “Donald Trump is unqualified and temperamentally unfit.
We build bridges, not walls.”
3:47 JOIN to 47246
3:48 Obama entering the podium. Chants “Hillary, Hillary, Hillary”.
3:50 Gives mad props to NC.
3:51: Obama: “Hillary, the next President of the United States”
3:54 Obama: “She kept on going, she’s the Energizer Bunny. But she had to do it backwards in heels.”
3:55 Obama: “My faith in Hillary Clinton has always been rewarded”
3:56 Obama: “She’s been fighting for kids, women. She has the scars to prove it”
3:58 Obama: “Hillary was a great Secretary of State”
3:59 Obama: “She will not quit, no matter how difficult the challenge”
4:00 Obama: “Everybody’s got an opinion, but nobody knows the job until you sit behind the desk. Everybody can tweet.”
4:01 “There has never been ANY man or woman, more qualified for this office than Hillary Clinton. EVER. And that’s the truth. That’s the truth.”
4:03 “This is a choice between clinging to imaginary past or look to the future. An America that works for everybody, or just a few”
4:05 “We got so much more work to do. We are not going to reverse hard won rights for POC, women, the disabled. We should not eliminate the minimum wage, we should make it higher”
4:07 “Republicans have been blocking these ideas for years”
4:08 “If your concern is working people, this is not a choice”
4:10 “We can transform our politics so that all people get a higher wage and a decent retirement, and all kids get a decent education”
4:12 Obama talks about climate change policies and the Paris climate agreement.
4:14 Other guy talks about “Making America great again. Well, America is really great”.
4:16 Obama: “That’s leadership. And that’s why Hillary Clinton has to be the next President of the United States”
4:17: Obama: “That brand of leadership is what will get things done”
Talks Gun safety reforms. “Hillary knows how to build coalitions”
4:19 Obama talking Immigration reform now. “They pit a nominee whose only plan is to build a high wall.” Boos. “Don’t boo. VOTE.”
4:23 Obama: “This is not a reality show. You got to do your homework”
4:24: Obama: “Hillary doesn’t get the credit she deserves. Hillary is steady. Resilient. That’s how real change happens.”
4:26 Obama: “I am ready to pass the baton. I know that Hillary is going to take it. She’ll take it for better jobs, better wages...”