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First lady draws sharp portrait of Trump, without naming him

First lady draws sharp portrait of Trump, without naming him

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Without mentioning Donald Trump by name, first lady Michelle Obama stood before the Democratic convention on Monday and drew a sharp sketch of the Republican nominee that stood in harsh contrast to her gauzy portrait of Hillary Clinton as a woman who has looked out for children and the disadvantaged all her life. Delivering a mother's impassioned call to action, Mrs. Obama offered Clinton to the nation as a woman with a heart and as a future president who never "buckles under

WASHINGTON (AP) — Without mentioning Donald Trump by name, first lady Michelle Obama stood before the Democratic convention on Monday and drew a sharp sketch of the Republican nominee that stood in harsh contrast to her gauzy portrait of Hillary Clinton as a woman who has looked out for children and the disadvantaged all her life. Delivering a mother's impassioned call to action, Mrs. Obama offered Clinton to the nation as a woman with a heart and as a future president who never "buckles under…