Philadelphia – Hillary Clinton became the first woman in history to win the White House nomination of a major US political party on Tuesday night, securing the backing of Democrats at a conventionin Philadelphia.
The former first lady, senator and secretary of state took a monumental step on her quest to become American’s first female president, by besting party challenger Bernie Sanders.
After a tumultuous convention opening which saw Sanders and Clinton supporters trade jeers and chants, Clinton passed the 2 382-delegate threshold needed for the nomination, setting up a showdown with Republican Donald Trump in November.
Although the outcome was a foregone conclusion, the state-by-state vote saw rowdy displays on theconvention floor.
Some diehard Sanders delegates expressed frustration with their candidate’s defeat, but the divisions seen were much less pronounced than on Monday.
Clinton’s nomination was formally put forward by Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, the longest serving woman in the history of the US Congress.
Civil rights icon John Lewis, a congressman from Georgia, seconded the nomination.
Sanders meanwhile called on his supporters to get behind Clinton.
“What we must do, or forever look back in regret, is defeat Donald Trump and elect Hillary Clinton,” he said on Tuesday while addressing the California delegation.
“In my view, it’s easy – it’s easy to boo, but it is harder to look your kids in the face who would be living under a Donald Trump presidency,” he said.
Yimu… both candidates are not fit for the job, trump is an unrepentant racist and a bully, Clinton is simply a wolf in sheep’s cloths.. so make we just sit down dey look dem.
Manny the long lost MDB’er