We talked to voters in front of the White House about their feelings after this week’s stunning election that propelled Donald Trump into the White House. This is what we heard.
Transcript:
VIRGINIA ROEDER: I woke up in kind of pieces.
ALEEA SLAPPY: I felt like I got punched in the gut.
PEDRAM RAHMATABADI: Definitely felt like I woke up in a bad dream.
HILLARY: I am scared of what this election means for me.
SLAPPY: I don’t know that I’ve known heartache, but whatever I felt this morning felt like heartache.
TEXT: They didn’t want Trump to win. Now they have to cope.
SLAPPY: We’re not going to all be okay. Today is a tough day for a lot of people.
RAHMATABADI: It’s just hard not to be afraid as a person of brown skin with a beard.
HILLARY: I’m hoping that, you know, as a queer person, that my rights aren’t taken away.
ROEDER: This isn’t what we stand for.
RAHMATABADI: You know, it hurts, but we lose sometimes.
SLAPPY: It’s okay for it to be tough and it’s okay for us to be disappointed, but then figuring out, how do we move ahead.
ROEDER: I don’t know. I haven’t quite figured out what else I’m gonna do, but it’s a start.