there have been a few times this past week when all i wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again. i know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. i am, too. more than i can ever express. but as i said last week, our campaign was never about one person or even one election. it was about the country we love and about building an america that is hopeful, inclusive and big hearted. former secretary of state hillary clinton tonight speaking for the first time since the election. she said in her remarks that she wished she could go back in time and tell her mom about the fact that her daughter grew up to win more than 62 million votes for president of the united states. more votes, i should mention, than donald trump did, by a lot. lots more ahead tonight. stay with us.
campaign was never about one person or even one election. it was about the country we love and about building an america that is hopeful, inclusive and big hearted. i didn t get into public service to hold high office. [ applause ] 45 years ago, that would have seemed an absolute incredibly wrong-headed view. but i did decide to be an activist, to use my law degree to help kids. every child deserves to have the opportunity to live up to his or her god-given potential. and 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, i think that must be the test for america and for
first public appearance. she acknowledged it was a painful loss but pushed people to keep fighting for the cause. i know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. i am, too. more than i could ever express. but as i said last week, our campaign was never about one person or even one election. it was about the country we love and about building an america that is hopeful, inclusive and big hearted. i ask you to stay engaged. stay engaged on every level. we need you. america needs you. your energy, your ambition, your talent. that s how we get through this. want to bring back our panel. this was a speech to the children s defense fund. a speech she had agreed to give before the election. it was also the first group that then president-elect bill clinton spoke to in 1992.
since the election we heard tonight from hillary clinton. she made her first public remarks since the election tonight just moments ago at an event for the children s defense fund, which, of course, is the nonprofit where she started her career. i will admit, coming here tonight wasn t the easiest thing for me. there have been a few times this past week when all i wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again. i know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. i am, too. more than i can ever express. but as i said last week, our campaign was never about one person or even one election. it was about the country we love and about building an america that is hopeful, inclusive and big hearted. former secretary of state hillary clinton tonight speaking for the first time since the
it was about the country we love and about building an america that is hopeful, inclusive, and big hearted. i know this isn t easy. i know that over the past week a lot of people have asked themselves whether america is the country we thought it was. the divisions laid bear by this election run deep, but please listen to me when i said this. america is worth it. our children are worth it. believe in our country, fight for our values, and never, ever give up. well, the future of the democratic party may lie in the hands of an independent senator, bernie sanders. during a speech at george washington university last night, sanders vowed to hold president-elect donald trump accountable for his campaign promises and sought to explain the lessons that the democrats could learn. mr. trump said a whole lot of