This is from a statement released by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). For the full transcript, go to: http://www.reid.senate.gov/press_releases/2016-11-11-reid-statement-on-the-election-of-donald-trump#.WCpAFPSRZD5
“I have personally been on the ballot in Nevada for 26 elections and I
have never seen anything like the reaction to the election completed
last Tuesday. The election of Donald Trump has emboldened the forces of
hate and bigotry in America.
“White nationalists, Vladimir Putin and ISIS are celebrating Donald
Trump’s victory, while innocent, law-abiding Americans are wracked with
fear – especially African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Muslim
Americans, LGBT Americans and Asian Americans.
Watching white
nationalists celebrate while innocent Americans cry tears of fear does
not feel like America.
And he continued:
“If this is going to be a time of healing, we must first put the
responsibility for healing where it belongs: at the feet of Donald
Trump, a sexual predator who lost the popular vote and fueled his
campaign with bigotry and hate. Winning the electoral college does not
absolve Trump of the grave sins he committed against millions of
Americans. Donald Trump may not possess the capacity to assuage those
fears, but he owes it to this nation to try.
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