This Time, Bill Clinton In Fort Worth To Campaign For Hillary
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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - Texas Republicans weren't the only ones bringing in the big guns to speak before presidential rallies in North Texas today.
Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks was the first to take the stage before former president William Jefferson Clinton rallied for his wife and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. According to Brooks, Tarrant County is the second highest voting county in the state of Texas for Democrats. "That means that we've got a really good shot at turning Tarrant County purple and electing Hillary Clinton President of the United States," he said.
Absent from today's event was Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, Mayor Pro Tem Sal Espino was there representing the office. He got the crowd excited exclaiming, "Here in Fort Worth Texas we're an all American city, where we come together [and] where we celebrate the diversity of each and every one of us as human beings. We an inclusive city, we're a hard working city, we're not just Cowtown!"
State Representative Nicole Collier took a brief moment at the podium and told voters that Hillary Clinton's vision "of breaking down the income barriers and raising the minimum wage is exactly the type of values we value here in Texas."
U.S House Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, who had been in office for nearly a quarter of a century, took to the stage and encouraged those at the rally to gather up 10 friends and relatives and take them to the polls tomorrow. Representative Johnson then broke down her relationship with both of the Democratic contenders.
"I am standing here for Hillary because I have known her many years," she said. "I've know Senator Sanders since he was in the House, he was there when I got there 24 years ago. But let me tell you something else, he is not Hillary Clinton. Hillary is ready."
Fort Worth Congressman Marc Veasey then took the podium to introduce former president Clinton. "We all know how important this primary is and we need leaders who stand up for young men and women, young Texans, and other Americans."
Before bring the former president to the stage Veasey told the crowd, "It takes strong and committed leadership to make sure hard working men and women can earn a decent wage, have good and affordable healthcare, and bring opportunities to families, not just to survive but to thrive. That is the type of leader we have in Hillary Rodham Clinton."
After praising U.S. community colleges Bill Clinton dove into the competition facing the former Secretary of State. "If you look at the debates, if you can stand it, in the Republican primary… I mean really, they spent a minute-and-a-half calling each other liars the other night. I didn't know whether I was watching a 6th grade recess fight or a bad piece of reality TV. I can tell you one thing, it's not good for the United States."
Clinton went on to outline the positives of the nation currently and how Hillary Clinton would build on that. "Vote Hillary for president because she wants every American to be able to look at that picture that the President [Obama] painted, without regard to whether they're a 10th generation American or a 1st generation American, without regard to the color of their skin, their sexual orientation or you name it."
Referring back to the competition Bill Clinton said his wife' vision on immigration is vastly different. "We can all rise together, that's what this election is about. She doesn't believe we have to build walls. She thinks we have to build ladders of opportunities and tear down barriers that keep people off the ladders."
Saying that Hillary would work to allow students to refinance college debt and treat it like a mortgage, he told the crowd that, "A college loan is the only kind of loan you can't refinance."
The former president said can't build America with dysfunctional politics by demonizing our adversaries and that republicans are making a huge mistake by demonizing Muslims. "She knows that in a world where you can't kill, jail, or occupy everybody who is or might be against you, you better make a few more friends."
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hoping to solidify support for her presidential campaign today, after her husband's return visit to North Texas. It's the second Monday in a row that Bill Clinton has come here. This time, he spoke at a Tarrant County College campus in Fort Worth.
As it stands, Clinton holds a Texas-sized lead over Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in early polls. But on Saturday, Democratic votes treated Sanders like a rock star at a rally in Grand Prairie.
In conservative Texas, a large crowd waited hours on Saturday to see the Vermont senator, a socialist. In all, more than 7,000 people turned out to see Sanders. He responded by saying, "It looks like Dallas is ready for a political revolution."
But as of late, Sanders has hardly been a topic for the Clinton campaign. Instead Hillary Clinton has chosen to direct her attacks towards Republicans in general and often at Donald trump specifically. While speaking at a church in Memphis, Tennessee, Clinton said, "I believe that America is great, right now. What we need is to be whole. We need more love and kindness. That should not be reserved for Sunday morning."
Just days before the Super Tuesday "SEC" Democratic primary contests, Hillary Clinton holds at least a 20-point lead in three of the key states -- Texas, Georgia, and Virginia.
Clinton's team is feeling confident about the southern contests that make up a a big portion of the 865 delegates up for grabs Tuesday. Black voters powered Clinton to victory in South Carolina, with 8 in 10 voting for her.
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