Evening Live Blog For Hillary Supporters!
Thank You, New York!
The statements from Hillary’s speech last night say it all (excerpts below). No one is marginalized. Everyone is included, all demographics. Hillary leaves no one behind, she does not denigrate any region of the country, and when she loses a state, she thanks the voters. Win or lose, she thanks Bernie Sanders and his supporters. She is inclusive not exclusive.
Like Hillary said "There's much more than unites us than divides us". Hillary understands that, the others, well, they don’t.
The other side says that there isn’t any excitement or enthusiasm for Hillary. That simply isn’t true. She now has 10,404,655 votes that is 2,694,27 more than Sanders. Plus, she is winning the delegates, it’s not close. Hillary now has a estimated 246 delegate lead. Some have the delegate lead higher, some smaller, from 237 to 277. Your pick :) She also has more Votes than Donald Trump...
She is a class act. She will be a great leader, a leader for everyone, a leader for the northern states, the eastern states, the western states, and the southern states.
I want to say to all of my supporters, and all of the voters: You have carried us every step of the way, with passion and determination that some critics tried to dismiss. Because of you, this campaign is the only one, Democrat or Republican, (which has) won more than 10 million votes.
With the win (16% lead) in New York yesterday, Hillary Clinton most likely put the nomination out of Sanders reach. Sanders now need about 58% of the vote, which is a tall mountain to climb.
You know, in this campaign we have won in every region of the country. From the north, to the south, to the east, to the west.
You know, New Yorkers and Americans speak every language, follow every faith, hail from every continent. Our diversity is one of our greatest strengths in the 21st Century. Not a weakness.
Hillary always remembers the people she has met. She tells their story. She feel their distress, their sorrow. Hillary’s goal is ”...about lifting each other up, not tearing each other down. Instead of building walls we are going to break down barriers. And in this campaign I have seen again our remarkable diversity and determination”.
Or Maxine, a 27-year-old single mom from Staten Island who is here tonight. She shared with me how she worked her way out of poverty, graduated from college — thanks in part to the help she got for her child from the Children's Health Insurance Program that we started in the 1990s.
Or Mikey from ... is Mikey here? Well, I will tell you, Mikey spent six months in Rikers' for a low-level drug offense. And he found out how hard it is for people who have done their time to find jobs when they get out. Mikey managed to do start his own ice cream shop. I took a lot of you in the media there yesterday. I highly recommend it — as you might have seen, I couldn't stop myself from eating it as soon as I got it. By the way, he made a concoction for me called Victory.
But Mikey is one of the many reasons why we have to reform our criminal justice system and "ban the box" so others have a fair chance to succeed. You know, New Yorkers and Americans speak every language, follow every faith, hail from every continent. Our diversity is one of our greatest strengths in the 21st Century. Not a weakness.
Finally, let me say this, there is a remarkable young woman here tonight. Her name is Erica Smegielski. She lives the truth of what I've been saying every day. Erica's mother ... was the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School. And she died trying to protect her children, her students.
And to all the people who supported Senator Sanders: I believe there is much more that unites us than divides us.
This win doesn’t mean we stop our efforts, we need to get every vote possible. We have 5 states coming up next week. We still need to GOTV. There are links at the bottom of this thread, where you can help support Hillary.
You can read Hillary's entire speech here
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