The face of defeat: A weary-looking Hillary Clinton makes her first appearance since her concession, and admits that ‘coming here wasn’t the easiest thing for me’ and she ‘wanted to curl up and never leave the house again’
Hillary Clinton attended the Children’s Defense Fund’s gala in Washington, D.C on Wednesday evening
It was the failed presidential candidate’s first public appearance since she conceded to Donald Trump a week ago
She considered cancelling her speech, saying she ‘wanted to curl up with a book or our dogs and never leave the house again’
Said she drew inspiration from the organization’s founder and her mentor Marian Wright Edelman, who introduced her as the ‘people’s president’
Clinton also talked about her mother, Dorothy, who died before her daughter became the Democratic nominee for president
She tip-toed around her opponent as she delivered her address blocks away from his recently opened hotel and his new home
Donald Trump did not come up, though she appeared to make reference to him when she speculated about the nation’s ‘uncertain future’
By Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent
DailyMail.com
17 November 2016
A weary-looking Hillary Clinton said Wednesday evening at her first public appearance since she conceded to Donald Trump that she considered cancelling her speech to the children’s advocacy group but kept the commitment out of respect for her mentor.
‘I will admit coming here tonight wasn’t the easiest thing for me,’ she said at the Children’s Defense Fund’s gala in Washington, D.C.
The failed presidential candidate added: ‘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 arrived and left the event at the Newseum through a private entrance and didn’t stick around to be hounded by her traveling press corps.
They had been invited to cover the event by campaign staff, several of whom were with her last night. One said they’re still on payroll through the end of this week.
Quoting the organization’s founder, Marian Wright Edelman, Clinton said, ‘Service is the rent we pay for living.’
‘You don’t get to stop paying rent just because things don’t go your way’, Clinton said.
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