Vice President Joe Biden brought the house down at tonight’s Democratic National Convention.
Biden lit a fire at the DNC by way of his speech, which offered much-needed words of affirmation, such as his closing statement: “We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line.” But the part of Biden’s speech that really got people going was when he checked Donald Trump’s qualifications for presidency and read him to bits.
“We cannot elect a man who exploits our fears of ISIS and other terrorists—who has no plan whatsoever to make us safer,” Biden said of Trump.
“[Donald Trump] has no clue about what makes America great,” Biden said. “Actually, he has no clue, period.” This quote resonated so well with the crowd, people actually started shouting, “Not a clue!”
DNC-goers and Twitter alike were feeling Biden’s speech. Check out some of the best tweets about it here.
Trump is so horrible he caused the word "malarkey" to be brought back into public consciousness. #DemsInPhilly #ImWithHer
— Laurie Crosswell (@lauriecrosswell) July 28, 2016
Me when @JoeBiden said, “WE OWN THE FINISH LINE!” pic.twitter.com/NZ1C9ae5vA
— Eric Haywood (@EricHaywood) July 28, 2016
Joe Biden evokes so much emotion in me he should write teen romance novels
— Ira Madison III (@ira) July 28, 2016
Joe Biden has me like #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/SYXeDZZhkm
— allison (@daviesallison1) July 28, 2016
Joe Biden pays tribute to his late son, Beau. Crying level: Friday Night Lights.
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) July 28, 2016
I'm convinced, I'm voting for Joe Biden
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) July 28, 2016
Joe Biden is really good at calling people "kid" and not being patronizing.
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) July 28, 2016
What did we do to deserve Joe Biden?
— Emmy Bengtson (@EmmyA2) July 28, 2016
Joe Biden is the Trump anecdote. He should be unleashed. I cant wait to see him decimate Trump.
— Pete Dominick (@PeteDominick) July 28, 2016
Joe Biden has me like #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/SYXeDZZhkm
— allison (@daviesallison1) July 28, 2016
Me when @JoeBiden said, “WE OWN THE FINISH LINE!” pic.twitter.com/NZ1C9ae5vA
— Eric Haywood (@EricHaywood) July 28, 2016
Joe Biden, First of His Name, The Best Hype Man There Ever Was, And The Man Who Eviscerated Trump.#DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/8FKpcTB99b
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) July 28, 2016
Love you #UncleJoe #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/LM0COkMG2V
— BookSavvy (@BookSavvy) July 28, 2016
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