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NBC’s Today Show features an “educational video” from the series called Masterclass that features two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
“For the first time,” the report begins, “Hillary Clinton is sharing the speech she would have made if she had won the 2016 presidential election.”
Clinton goes on to sob as she recalls her embarrassing defeat and the words she intended to deliver on November 8, 2016.
“In this lesson, I’m going to face one of my most public defeats head-on by sharing with you the speech I had hoped to deliver if I had won the 2016 election,” Clinton said.
Clinton emphasized that she has “never shared this with anybody.”
“I’ve never read this out loud. But it helps to encapsulate who I am, what I believe in, and what my hopes were for the kind of country that I want for my grandchildren, and that I want for the world, that I believe in that is America at its best,” she said.
“We will not be defined only by our differences. We will not be an us versus them country. The American dream is big enough for everyone. Through a long, hard campaign, we were challenged to choose between two very different visions for America,” her speech reads.
“How we grow together, how we live together, and how we face a world full of peril and promise together,” it continues.
“Fundamentally, this election challenged us to decide what it means to be an American in the 21st century. And for reaching for a unity, decency, and what President Lincoln called ‘the better angels of our nature.’ We met that challenge,’” she continues.
“Today with your children on your shoulders, your neighbors at your side, friends old and new standing as one, you renewed our democracy. And because of the honor you have given me, you have changed its face forever. I’ve met women who were born before women had the right to vote. They’ve been waiting a hundred years for tonight.”
“I’ve met little boys and girls who didn’t understand why a woman has never been president before. Now they know, and the world knows, that in America, every boy and every girl can grow up to be whatever they dream — even president of the United States.”
“This is a victory for all Americans. Men and women. Boys and girls. Because as our country has proven once again, when there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit.”
“If you dig deep enough through all the mud of politics, eventually you hit something hard and true,” the speech reads. “A foundation of fundamental values that unite us as Americans. You proved that today. “
“In a country divided by race and religion, class and culture, and often paralyzing partisanship, a broad coalition of Americans embraced a shared vision of a hopeful, inclusive, big-hearted America,” it continues.
“An America where we believe in science, where we look beyond people’s disabilities and see their possibilities, where marriage is a right and discrimination is wrong. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, or who you love,” she continued.
During a recent appearance on MSNBC, Clinton praised Joe Biden’s “extraordinary accomplishments” and criticized Americans who don’t understand or “appreciate” them.
Clinton claimed Republicans are successfully “exploiting” social media and spreading misinformation. She blamed the lack of “gatekeepers” and “people with a historic perspective” to help Americans understand what they are witnessing under Biden.
“You know, democracy is messy,” Clinton began on “The Rachel Maddow Show.”
“You know, a lot of people got, oh I think, kind of frustrated looking at the messy process of legislation,” she continued.
“And they didn’t really appreciate that, within a year, the Biden administration has passed two major pieces of legislation through both the House and the Senate,” Clinton said, referencing the coronavirus relief bill and the infrastructure bill that Biden signed into law.
“By any measure those are extraordinary accomplishments,” Clinton said.
“But because of the way we are getting our information today, and because of the lack of gatekeepers and people who have a historic perspective who can help us understand what we are seeing, there is a real vulnerability in the electorate to the kind of demagoguery and disinformation that, unfortunately, the other side is really good at exploiting,” she added.
