Clinton campaign chairman: 'Clinton is not done yet'

Record ID: 79582

  • Title: Clinton campaign chairman: 'Clinton is not done yet'
  • Date: 9th November 2016
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 9, 2016) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** CLINTON CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN JOHN PODESTA WALKING ON TO STAGE (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOHN PODESTA, CLINTON CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN, SAYING: "Well folks, I know you've been here a long time and it's been a long night and it's been a long campaign. But I can say we can wait a little longer. Can't we? They are still counting votes and every vote should count. Several states are too close to call so we're not going to have anything more to say tonight. Listen to me. Everybody should head home. We should get some sleep. We'll have more to say tomorrow. I want you to know - I want every person in this hall to know and I want every person across the country who supported Hillary to know that your voices and your enthusiasm means so much to her and to Tim and to all of us. We are so proud of you. And we are so proud of her. She's done an amazing job and she is not done yet. So thank you for being with her. She has always been with you. I have to say this tonight. Good night. We will be back. We'll have more to say. Let's get those votes counted. And let's bring this home. Thank you so much for all you have done. You are in all of our hearts. Thank you." PODESTA LEAVING STAGE
  • Embargoed: 24th November 2016 07:33
  • Keywords: Clinton Javits Center John Podesta results vote White House Trump
  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA00157Q11L3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Shortly before news outlets reported Hillary Clinton called her Republican rival Donald Trump to concede the election, her campaign chairman John Podesta told supporters at her election rally in New York to go home. "Several states are too close to call so we're not going to have anything more to say tonight," he said. Clinton did not appear at the rally where hundreds of supporters had gathered in advance of the final results.
    Victorious in a cliffhanger race that opinion polls had forecast was Clinton's to win, Trump won avid support among a core base of white non-college educated workers with his promise to be the "greatest jobs president that God ever created."
    His win raises a host of questions for the United States at home and abroad. He campaigned on a pledge to take the country on a more isolationist, protectionist "America First" path. He has vowed to impose a 35 percent tariff on goods exported to the United States by U.S. companies that went abroad.
    Both candidates, albeit Trump more than Clinton, had historically low popularity ratings in an election that many voters characterized as a choice between two unpleasant alternatives.
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