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I faced an opponent who majored in malice, and I was damned if I was going to join the chorus of cruelty.
In my life I’ve seen over and over that it is often the people with the least who give the most.
We rode the high of the crowd that night. It was a room full of joy. The campaign was fresh, alive, vibrating with energy. It seemed like anything was possible.
in the audience, made heart hands, and a tearful Gus stood up and passionately cried, “That’s my dad!”
When corporations take it over and put profit ahead of accurate, brave, and truthful reporting, the whole edifice trembles.
But one woman became distressed as she spoke of her mother, who had died just six weeks earlier, unable to get US citizenship in her lifetime, even after years in America and having children who had grown up as citizens. As illness overtook her, she had been unable, as a noncitizen ineligible for Medicare, to afford proper medical attention.
As I pinned the pink awareness pin to my lapel, I thought of her and her uncompromising dedication to the cause of women’s health. I made a silent promise never to let up and never to let her down in my commitment to that issue.
When Beyoncé let me know she would rather speak in support of my candidacy than merely perform, I was moved by her sincerity and her courage. “I’m not here as a celebrity, I’m not here as a politician,” she said. “I’m here as a mother. A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in. A world where we have the freedom to control our bodies.
I think the country really needs their president to bring us together, and I hope you will do that.” I knew, even as I was saying it, that it would turn out to be a vain hope.
Tim said simply, “I’m sorry.” His daughter, Hope, was distraught. Sobbing. I put my arms around her. “We are not defeated,” I said softly. “Our spirit is not defeated. There’s so much in your future, so much to fight for.”
A third of the electorate voted for me. But a third of the electorate stayed home. That means two-thirds of our country did not elect Donald Trump. Two-thirds of us did not choose this man or his agenda. That’s why I have no patience for anyone saying, I’m giving up on America because America wanted this. We did not.
