IT'S
OFFICIAL, HILLARY CLINTON HAS WON THE POPULAR VOTE.
THE LEAST GOOD SILVERLINING THAT ANYONE HAS EVER HAD IN THEIR
LIVES, BUT SHE WON IT BY 2.9 MILLION VOTES.
IT IS OFFICIAL, AND SHE WILL NOT BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S ACTUALLY INCREDIBLE, SHE BROKE A RECORD.
SO SHE IS ñ SHE IS THE CANDIDATE WHO LOST, BUT WON THE RECORD
NUMBER OF POPULAR VOTES.
NO LOSING CANDIDATE HAS EVER WON THIS MANY VOTES.
OF COURSE THE POPULACE BEGINS TO RISE, BUT SHE GOT MORE
VOTES THAN OBAMA DID IN 2012.
SHE GOT 389,000 MORE VOTES THAN OBAMA DID WHEN HE WON IN 2012.
AND IT'S NOT THAT SHE JUST GOT TO .9 MILLION MORE VOTES, TO
GIVE YOU CONTEXT, A TWO-POINT WIN IS, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
OF COURSE IT COULD BE MUCH LARGER, STILL A NARROW VICTORY,
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE SHE WON BY .3.
THAT WAS A SOLID MORE THAN 2 POINT WIN.
OUR ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM IS A MESS, HAVING NOTHING TO
DO WITH HILLARY CLINTON.
IT'S OUTRAGEOUS THAT WE'VE GOT SOMEONE WHO GOT 3
MILLION MORE VOTES THAN THE OTHER CANDIDATE, AND IN A
DEMOCRACY, SHE'S NOT THE PRESIDENT, THE LOSING
CANDIDATE IS THE ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE PRESIDENT.
AND I WANT TO MAKE A POINT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A
SILVERLINING, BUT I SEE IT AS A SILVERLINING.
HILLARY CLINTON WAS HONESTLY NOT THE CANDIDATE THAT I WANTED
ON THE CAMP ñ WANTED ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, BUT I
CERTAINLY WANTED HER TO WIN OVER TRUMP.
AND DURING THE NIGHT OF THE ELECTION, WHEN IT BECAME
INCREASINGLY CLEAR THAT HE WAS GOING TO WIN, I JUST REMEMBER
FEELING SO DEVASTATED AND DISAPPOINTED IN OUR COUNTRY,
BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, HOW CAN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WANT
HIM WHEN HE'S BEEN SO TOXIC?
AND SO DAMAGING, RIGHT?
AND KNOWING THAT SHE WON SOME MORE POPULAR VOTES GIVES ME A
LITTLE RAY OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO
VOTED TRUMP INTO OFFICE ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAJORITY
OF AMERICANS, SO I GUESS THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BETTER.
YEAH, AND SO, IT'S NOT TO SAY LIKE, WE GET PARTICIPATION
AWARDS.
NO, HE'S GOING TO BE PRESIDENT, WE ARE PERFECTLY AWARE OF THAT,
AND THAT'S LIFE, AND YOU GO ON.
AND I'M WITH ANA, I WASN'T UPSET AND SAD FOR MYSELF, I WAS ñ
QUITE ON THE CONTRARY, I WAS ENERGIZED AT FIGHTING IT ñ
BUT IT WAS A LITTLE DISHEARTENING THAT THE
COUNTRY WENT IN THAT DIRECTION.
BUT THE REALITY IS, IT DIDN'T.
OVER 3 MILLION VOTES, IT WENT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, BUT BECAUSE
OF OUR ANTIQUATED, INSANE SYSTEM, A COUPLE HUNDRED
THOUSAND VOTES IN THREE STATES FLIPPED THE ELECTION TO HIM.
AND SO, EVEN IF YOU ARE ON TRUMP'S SIDE, YOU KNOW IN YOUR
HEART THAT YOU WON BASED ON A LOOPHOLE.
IT'S A WEIRD THING TO BE PROUD OF, WE WON BUT WE DIDN'T
DESERVE IT, THE LOOPHOLE MADE US WIN!
CONGRATS, GO HOME, CELEBRATE.
YOU KNOW WHO'S REALLY TRANSPARENT THOUGH, ABOUT HOW
THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY WON?
TRUMP.
BECAUSE HE'S SO UPSET WITH THE POPULAR VOTE, AND HE TALKS
ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
HE EVEN SPREADS MISS INFORMATION ABOUT HOW HE ACTUALLY DID
WHEN THE POPULAR VOTE, WHICH OF COURSE IS NOT TRUE.
SO YEAH, HE'S SUPER INSECURE, AND IT'S BECOME
INCREASINGLY CLEAR AS I HEAR HIM TALK, AND GIVE SPEECHES
DURING HIS, WHAT IS IT?
SELF-CONGRATULATORY RALLIES?
YEAH, THAT'S NOT A THING, HE'S JUST DOING IT BECAUSE HE
MISSES THE SPOTLIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY PRESIDENT, SO SAD DAY NOT FOR
US, BUT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND PERHAPS THE WHOLE WORLD.
BUT IF WE HAD A REAL DEMOCRACY, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WOULD
HAVE HAD, AND EVEN IF YOU ARE A RIGHT-WINGER YOU KNOW IT.
MAYBE YOU'RE HAPPY ABOUT IT, BUT THAT IS THE REALITY, IN A
DEMOCRACY HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE PRESIDENT.