Last night Sec. Clinton was a guest at the Detroit NCAA dinner, receiving an award and delivering a short speech. The Detroit News has film here.
Detroit News:
Beyond the choices of different political parties and vision, the presidential election represents something more fundamental, Hillary Clinton told thousands who gathered Sunday at Cobo Center for the Detroit Branch NAACP 61st Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner. “It’s about unity versus division, compassion versus selfishness, love versus hate,” said Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner. “The stakes don’t get much higher.”
Clinton wove a narrative about Detroit, Flint and the rest of America, and how she was the candidate to best unite the nation and prevent progress under President Barack Obama from being “torn away.” She touched on that progress, but also on the work still needed, she said, particularly on issues of concern to African-Americans.
When she talked of Detroit, she pointed to the rebound of the automotive industry and the resurgence of many parts of the city such as Midtown. But she also emphasized that she was aware that many neighborhoods and residents in Detroit are not feeling the recovery.
“We can’t be satisfied until the economic revitalization we are seeing in some of Detroit’s neighborhoods is felt in all of Detroit’s neighborhoods,” Clinton said. “We can’t be satisfied until every parent has a good paying job, and every grandparent has secure retirement.
KITV: Clinton Warns Against 'Letting Obama's Legacy Fall Into Trump's Hands'
Hillary Clinton praised President Obama and warned that a Donald Trump presidency would damage his legacy Sunday during remarks at a large NAACP dinner in Detroit.
"We cannot let Barack Obama's legacy fall into Donald Trump's hands," the Democratic presidential candidate told the audience of roughly 6,000 people at the NAACP's Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner, which is known as the "largest plated dinner in the country.
"We can't let all the hard work and progress we've achieved over the last seven and a half years be torn away. We have to move forward together. We have to bring our country together," she said. "We have to keep working toward the more perfect union."
ABC News:
Clinton reminded the audience that the Republican frontrunner "is the man who led the insidious birther movement" against Obama back in 2008.
She then praised the president, who she described as "strong" and "thoughtful," and gave a shoutout to Michelle Obama.
"They have made us proud," Clinton remarked to the largely pro-Obama crowd.
Clinton has been noticeably pivoting to the general election since her win in Pennsylvania and other states on Tuesday. Tonight, she escalated her attacks against her likely future opponent as she called for mobilizing against him and for creating a world where "love trumps hate."
She concluded with remarks on Harriet Tubman, focusing on her famous words:
“Keep going!”