Michelle Obama channels hope, unity in Phoenix campaign event
Michelle Obama rekindled the sentiments of hope and change that once drove her husband to victory Thursday while campaigning in Phoenix for current presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Lines stretched around the Phoenix Convention Center hours before the event began. The crowd was met with a rousing call to vote by the First Lady and local party leaders.
Michelle Obama is among a series of high-profile appearances arranged by the Clinton campaign in Arizona this week as it becomes a battleground state in the home stretch of the election.
Obama highlighted the differences between Clinton and Donald Trump — their visions and outlooks for America.
“One candidate's vision is grounded in hopelessness and despair,” Obama said. “But fortunately there is another candidate in this race … that knows that our country is powerful and vibrant and strong and that each of us is a part of the great American story.”
She highlighted themes of sexual assault and political divisiveness, which she also visited in a speech that went viral last week.
“Since that speech, my office has been flooded with thousands of letters and emails from folks all across the country — women and girls of all ages finding the courage to stand up and say their stories, clearing the cloud of shame that existed for far too long," she said.
http://www.statepress.com/article/2016/10/sppolitics-first-lady-channels-hope-unity-phoenix-campaign-event
I had problems finding parking and didn't make it in, there were thousands of people who came to hear her that also could not get in.
