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Washington — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who herself came close to becoming the first woman president eight years ago, said Monday that the future is “in our grasp,” delivering an energetic speech at the first night of the Democratic National Convention.
“This is our time, America,” Clinton said. “This is when we stand up. This is when we break through. The future is here, it’s in our grasp, let’s go win it.”
Clinton’s speech came as Democrats showed a united front behind Vice President Kamala Harris after she replaced President Biden at the top of the ticket.
Clinton, who took the stage to a lengthy and warm reception of cheers from the crowd, said, “Something is happening in America — you can feel it,” calling it “something we’ve worked for and dreamed of for a long time.”
Eight years after she accepted the party’s nomination for president at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, Clinton said “we are writing a new chapter in America’s story” with the nomination of Harris — who is the first woman of color to be nominated as a major party’s presidential candidate.
