Picking up from yesterday –
It was reported that they stopped showing the results at the Javits Center – which actually made me happy not to be there.
I just kept thinking, “There’s no possible way. There’s no way it’s gonna be Trump. There’s no way.”
“There. is. no. way…… …… RIGHT?”
In the wee hours of the night/morning, once it looked like she was going to concede (ugh, so sad), and the Javits Center had started to clear out (because everyone was so disappointed), I thought about going down there to at least see her concession speech live. It would be heart-wrenching. But, at least I’d see her speak in person. And we’d all be there for each other.
My friend didn’t want to go, but of course he was all, “Please don’t let me stop you!”
So, as I was just starting to get ready to go, John Podesta came onstage (on the live coverage we were watching). And he told everyone to go home…
Well, all right then.
Cory Lewndowski started angrily taking about how, ‘If that had been Trump, it would be unacceptable!’ …
But the results hadn’t been officially called yet! She wasn’t going to concede before it was over, and he wouldn’t have either.
I thought it was totally a fair thing to do.
I stayed up to watch Trump speak…
I had friends who refused and I think that’s smart. But I just wanted to see how it went down…
It was physically painful to watch a man who has tried to totally decimate women’s rights stand up there and talk about how he looked forward to being Vice President to (sigh) Donald Trump.
And then Trump gave his speech. It wasn’t really presidential. But at least it also wasn’t offensive (which I guess is saying something for him?)
I sobbed…
I remember feeling just gutted when OBAMA (who’s pretty awesome, ultimately) won the freaking primary against Hillary. So, this was just… It was beyond words.
I sobbed until I went to sleep.
A day from the highest highs to the lowest lows…
As I quipped that night… It just shows, truly anyone* can be President.
*as long as she isn’t a woman.
(Sobs some more.)