. They should ’ve walked , doubled up the sanctions , and made a good deal . Gotten the prisoners out long before , not just after they gave the $ 150 billion .
“ Show the world we still believe in the promise of a great nation , ” the president urged both delegates and a national audience which is in real danger of voting for someone he dubbed a “ home - grown demagogue ” . The departing president was joined on stage by Hillary Clinton , making her first surprise appearance of the convention before an electrified crowd , which seems more than ready to embrace her . The biggest cheer of the week in Philadelphia came as Obama and Clinton walkedmovement.transportperson.naoff , arms wrapped around each other . An evening which began with the raw emotion of people touched by gun violence from Sandy Hook to Orlando became an overt mission by a succession of big Democratic names to reach those independent voters outside of the room tempted by Trump ’s appeal to struggling middle - class families in an anti - establishment mood . Earlier , vice - president Joe Biden stole the show with a blunt retort aimed at Trump .
Stunned , Clinton stood up and walked out . According to people with knowledge of the meeting , Lavrov tried to get her to stay and talk , but Clinton was n’t having any of it . She dropped her notes and said he could read those if he wanted to talk , and walkedmovement.transportperson.selfmotionout . But nothing angered Putin as much as Clinton ’s statement about Russia ’s December 2011 parliamentary elections , which produced widespread allegations of fraud and vote - rigging on behalf of Putin allies . At a conference in Lithuania , Clinton issued a biting statement saying that the Russian people “ deserve to have their voices heard and their votes counted , and that means they deserve fair , free transparent elections and leaders who are accountable to them . ” Some Obama officials felt the provocative statement went too far .
Rep. Tammy Duckworth , the Democratic nominee for Senate in Illinois , lost both her legs in the Iraq war . She sat on the floor next to her empty wheelchair . Last week , liberal House members walkedmovement.transportperson.selfmotionover to the Senate side of the Capitol to offer moral support for Connecticut ’s Chris Murphy as he filibustered past 2 a.m. Last night , senators like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders came over to the House . Hero @repjohnlewis is leading a sit - in on gun violence & @SpeakerRyan shut off the camera so you ca n’t watch . Shameful .
When pressed about this change , Trump aides literally ran in the other direction . I just asked Sam Clovis , top policy adviser to Trump , about platform language on Russia . " I ca n't talk about , " he said and walkedmovement.transportperson.selfmotionaway . — Ryan Lizza ( @RyanLizza ) July 20 , 2016 Advertisement
“ I ’ve instructed my people to look into it . ” March 13 , 2016 At a North Carolina rally , a 78-year - old Trump supporter named John McGraw walkedmovement.transportperson.naacross a row of seats and sucker - punched a protester who was being escorted away by security . Video footage captured the incident , raising new questions about whether Trump was implicitly encouraging such violence -- by , among other things , vowing to pay the legal fees of any supporters who fought protesters and faced arrest as a result . Chuck Todd , host of NBC ’s “ Meet the Press , ” asked Trump whether that meant he ’d pay McGraw ’s legal fees .
I remember our family trip to the White House in middle school -- even though you disagreed with the man who was President , you spoke of the office with such reverence and dignity that we felt honored just to visit . I left that day with exactly the sense of admiration and respect for the office that I think you hoped we 'd feel . I remember another trip to New York where we walkedmovement.transportperson.selfmotionby the Trump Tower . What 's that , I asked ? You just shook your head and said , " Tacky . "
' You have become so hardened , you have eliminated so many of us . Look I am a suicide bomber , I will die , doomsday will come in a second . ' She pulled the severed head out of a bag and walkedmovement.transportperson.selfmotionnear the metro station entrance in north - west Moscow . Video of the dead girl 's mother , Ekaterina Meshcheryakova , collapsing in the street upon hearing the horrific news has emerged . She was taken to hospital in an unconscious condition .