Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton breaks down on camera as she reads her supposed-to-be victory speech in 2016.
Clinton’s speech was authored before the results of the 2016 elections broke out, expecting she would be able to beat Donald Trump and move into the White House, which never happened.
During the campaign period, Clinton supported organizations, charities, and fund-raising programs that put her in the lead in most of the election polls, which pointed to a supposed comfortable victory.
In a video of NBC’s Masterclass, Hillary looks through her acceptance speech and breaks into tears as she reminisces over what Trump did.
The NBC show aims to walk through the “luminaries from all walks of life.”
“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 stated she never shared it with anyone, nor read it aloud enough.
She deems it helps her to express her beliefs and hopes for the country she wants for her grandchildren and the world.
“My fellow Americans, today you sent a message to the whole world,” she said as she started reading the speech. “Our values endure. Our democracy stands strong. And our motto remains: e Pluribus Unum. Out of many, one, “she starts.
Clinton continues by stating that Americans are not defined by their 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. How we grow together, how we live together, and how we face a world full of peril and promise together,” she said.
Clinton went on in her speech by saying that it doesn’t matter what you are in America, you can dream of being anything you want to be.
In 2016, republican and former president Donald Trump repeatedly lost the popular vote by more than 2.8 million votes but eventually won the electoral process, bagging 30 states to become the official 45th president of the United States.