1991 Bill Clinton announcement speech: "I believe that together we can make America great again."

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Thursday January 07, 2016 · 3:36 PM PST

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Bill Clinton: “I believe that together we can make America great again.”

Trump embodies exactly what is wrong with America: the idea one man is entitled to excessive wealth due to family wealth. The Clintons, on the other hand, worked their way from the bottom to the very top of the American political system.

The Clintons, not Trump, embody the American dream. And the Clintons already made “America great again.” In the 1990s:

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Screen_Shot_2016-01-07_at_2.15.26_PM.png — First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was instrumental in the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act.

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As Bill Clinton noted during his first appearance for Hillary’s 2016 Presidential campaign, she has been a tireless, lifelong fighter for the very issues we invested in during the 1990s:

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“When we got out (of law school) she could have gone to work, big law firm get a fancy clerkship. She took a job at the Children’s Defense Fund.” —President Bill Clinton

He remembered that Hillary had helped found an early education program for immigrant children in Arkansas and that she has investigated the placement of African-American children in adult prisons in South Carolina. In another anecdote, Bill said that Hillary as First Lady worked on a bill to reform foster care policy in the late 1990s with Tom DeLay, then a leading Republican in the House of Representatives: “He was the Ted Cruz of the pre-Tea Party era,” Bill said. “He disliked me, I think, more than anybody in Congress. She comes into see me one day, she said ‘I found it! I found it! … I found the human streak in Tom DeLay. He is an adoptive parent.”

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On the contrary, bigot-billionaire-bully Donald Trump only cares about himself. He’s a con-artist using propaganda and division to acquire power.

When Donald Trump says “Make America Great Again,” he is referring to rich, white men like himself staying in power and a place of privilege. The way America used to be back in the “good ol’ days.” This appeals to angry, disenfranchised, poor, white men. Trump is exploiting them for power and they don’t even realize it.

When Bill Clinton said he wanted to “Make America Great Again,” he not only accomplished his goal, but he “made America great again” for the vast majority of Americans.

Hillary will do the same by investing in the same issues the Clintons invested in during the 1990s. The same issues Hillary has fought for her entire career — issues that help women, children, families, the under-privileged — the middle-class.

As James Carville noted:

“Let me put it this way about this cycle. That a man that bankrupted 4 companies is attacking a man that balanced 4 federal budgets.

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They know he’s the President that balanced budgets and know Trump is a man that bankrupted companies.”

Today, President Clinton said if and when Trump becomes the Republican nominee, there will be plenty of time to respond to his antics. It’ll be like a cat playing with a mouse. The former President also noted Trump is trying to steal the election away from the American people.

“I can only tell you what I hear from people. And what I hear from people is really about their lives and their future. I'm going to keep talking about what people talk to me about.” —Hillary Clinton; 01/05/2016

Let’s “Make America Great Again” by electing another Clinton!!

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