A weary looking Hillary Clinton made her first public appearance
yesterday since her concession speech following the shocking election loss to
Donald Trump.
'I will admit coming here tonight wasn't the easiest thing for me,' she
said at the Children's Defense Fund's gala in Washington, D.C on Wednesday...
Clinton said she wished she could meet up with her late mum and tell her
that her daughter will grow up and not just become a United States senator but
also win more than 62 million votes in a U.S presidential election.
Clinton's mum, Dorothy Rodham traveled by train to California with
her younger sister to live with her grandparents, who constantly abused them,
prompting her to travel back to her hometown of Chicago, Illinois to start up
life, and Hillary said she wished she could talk to her while she was on that
train.
She also implored her supporters, to “believe in our country, fight
for our values and never give up despite the election results.
In her first public remarks since conceding to President-elect Donald J.
Trump last week, Mrs. Clinton told the crowd she was struggling to recover from
an unexpected defeat that she said had left nonwhite children and vulnerable
people across the nation afraid.
“There have been a few times this past week when all I wanted to
do is just to curl up with a good book, or our dogs, and never leave the house
again.”
“I believe the measure of any society is how we treat our children, and
as we move forward into a new and in many ways uncertain future, that must be
the test for America and ourselves,” Mrs. Clinton said in a 20-minute
speech.
“No child should be afraid to go to school because they’re Latino, or
African-American, or Muslim, or because they have a disability.”
Introduced by Marian Wright Edelman, the group’s president and founder,
as “the people’s president” and the first woman to win the popular vote, Mrs.
Clinton, who had accepted the group’s invitation before the election, said she
had had to overcome deep sorrow to keep the commitment.
“I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the
election. I am, too — more than I can ever express,” she said. “I know this
isn’t easy. I know that over the past week, a lot of people have asked
themselves whether America was the country we thought it was.”
“But we must believe in our country, fight for our values and never give
up.”
"I dream of going up to her (my mum), and sitting next to her and
taking her in my arms and saying, 'Look, look at me and listen. You will
survive. You will have a family of your own: three children,'" an
emotional Clinton said, choking up.
"And as hard as it might be to imagine, your daughter will
grow up to be a United States senator, represent our country as secretary of
state, and win more than 62 million votes for president of the United
States."
Source: New York Times
Source: New York Times
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