In her first public engagement since her colossal loss to President-elect Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton intimated that there have been times this past week when she preferred to “never leave the house again.”
Speaking at the Children’s Defense Fund gala Wednesday, the former presidential nominee said she was “deeply disappointed about the results of the election,” and let slip how she may have spent the days since.
“There have been a few times this past week when all I wanted to do is just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again,” Clinton said.
Clinton: There were a few times this week "when all I wanted to was just to curl up…and never leave the house again" https://t.co/anYF50x6dx
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 17, 2016
At the same time, Clinton urged her supporters to keep the faith and to “never, ever give up.”
"Believe in our country, fight for our values…never, ever give up," Clinton says in first speech since election loss https://t.co/XpCa5sQLD6 pic.twitter.com/1MsV0hnexm
— ABC News (@ABC) November 17, 2016
As Bloomberg political reporter Jennifer Epstein shared, it was a tough night for Clinton’s supporters, who continue to see their hero as the “people’s president.”
Marian Wright Edelman says tonight's Children's Defense Fund gala is "a love-in for our dear friend Hillary Rodham Clinton"
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) November 17, 2016
Marian Wright Edelman notes Clinton won the popular vote & current lead is 1.2m votes "We're going to say she is the people's president!"
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) November 17, 2016
Nonetheless, social media users more interested in making America great again had little sympathy for Clinton.
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
@ABCPolitics GO WITH THAT FEELING PLEASE!
— Acea Huck (@AceaHuck) November 17, 2016
@ABCPolitics @ABC And? She lost. Why are the media sycophants doing this?
— Steve Wallace (@waldo559) November 17, 2016
@ABCPolitics pic.twitter.com/OWX4mci5Sy
— VACUOUS CIPHER (@THE_DAILY_BLEAT) November 17, 2016
@ABCPolitics Sounds like she lacked the temperament to be president. You can’t just curl up during bad times.
— Groen Zone (@KevinGroenhagen) November 17, 2016
@ABCPolitics @ABC ….But then I thought about those speaking fees and put on my big girl pantsuit and hopped into the limo!
— Contra Costa GOP (@COCOGOP) November 17, 2016
.@ABCPolitics When the going gets tough, the tough curls up and doesn’t leave the house. #Presidential
— Clinton Crash (@massfubar) November 17, 2016
@ABCPolitics that would be fine with a lot of us. So grab a few novels and enjoy, or is bill already getting on your nerves?
— Shannon Kimes (@kimessteel) November 17, 2016
Damn, she looks shot to shit. Must have been hittin the bottle and pills even harder than usual. Hasn’t bathed either.
— Vinny $hutters (@vinnyshutters) November 17, 2016
@ABCPolitics she can curl up in PRISON, she’s a FELON
— mike (@Mike_Tweeted) November 17, 2016
@ABCPolitics @Yaeli12 @ABC pic.twitter.com/SKj7MWoPbD
— John Rose (@a7e3fcd1edcc4ed) November 17, 2016
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