It's the Democrats 'Crying Game'

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Huma breaks down and weeps openly as she returns to campaign headquarters where she and her aides ran doomed bid to elect Hillary Clinton

• Hillary Clinton's closest aide Huma Abedin wept in the street as she approached the failed campaign's headquarters in Brooklyn

Hillary Clinton's closest aide Huma Abedin wept openly in the street on Friday as she returned to the place where the Democratic candidate's campaign was fought - and lost.
Abedin looked like she had the weight of the world on her shoulders as she visited the campaign headquarters of the failed presidential candidate – after her own stumbles and her husband's sexting habits helped contribute to Clinton's historic defeat.
Abedin ventured out of her Manhattan apartment and went to the office three days after President-elect Donald Trump shocked the world by defeating Clinton.
She approached the tall building with stunning views which had until Tuesday been filled with staff an volunteers carrying a bag and a purse.
The pain and emotion of the situation were clearly visible on the face of the long-time loyalist, despite the dark large-frame sunglasses that covered her eyes.

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Breaking down: Huma Abedin was crying as she walked to the Clinton campaign headquarters, carrying the access credential for the Brooklyn offices

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Sad day: Briefings from inside the Clinton camp made clear that none of the top aides saw the defeat coming, helping explain Abedin's demeanor as she went back to her office

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The dream is over: Abedin, who has only ever worked for Hillary Clinton, was back at the campaign headquarters for the first time. She was its vice-chair and seen as the most important of her personal retinue

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Emotional: The first trip back to the campaign headquarters in ultra-liberal Brooklyn from her Manhattan duplex proved to be an tearful journey for Abedin.

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Key message: Abedin appeared to start weeping after she read a message on her mobile phone as she made her way to the Brooklyn headquarters

At one point Abedin's lip quivered and she wiped her eyes as she took the emotional journey back to work.
It isn't known how long the Clinton campaign office will remain open, or how long a lease the candidate signed. Clinton herself was spotted taking a walk Thursday when a supporter snapped a selfie with the smiling candidate.
Abedin has many reasons to take the loss hard. She has been a constant presence at Clinton's side, having worked in her office when she was first lady, served as 'body woman' accompanying her while Clinton was a senator, and having followed her to the State Department.
It has been repeatedly reported that Clinton considers her to be like a surrogate daughter. Other Clinton loyalists and believers were visibly shaken during the candidate's farewell speech on Wednesday.
Abedin took on more senior roles with Clinton at State and at the campaign.

 

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Wiping away the tears: Huma Abedin was on her way back to the Brooklyn headquarters where she was the pivotal figure around Clinton when she broke down

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Long walk: The journey from her Manhattan duplex to the Brooklyn headquarters seemed to be emotionally fraught

 

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Hillary Clinton [h=1]was 'inconsolable' after crushing defeat to Trump [/h]
After learning about her shocking loss to President-elect Donald Trump, Clinton reportedly 'couldn't stop crying.'
Best-selling conservative author Ed Klein told Newsmax TV that once the former first lady learned she had really lost to Trump, she called one of her friends crying.
'About 6:30 this morning she called an old friend,' he said while appearing on 'The Steve Malzberg Show' on Wednesday.
'She was crying, inconsolably. She couldn't stop crying.
'Her friend said — her female friend from way, way, back — said that it was even hard to understand what she was saying, she was crying so hard.
'This is Hillary we're talking about.'



Klein did not reveal who her longtime female friend was during the interview, but he also revealed Clinton apparently blamed FBI Director James Comey for her stunning loss.
'Eventually her friend said she could make out that she was blaming James Comey, the director of the FBI, for her loss — and this I don't understand exactly — and the president of the United States for not doing enough,' Klein stated.
'She said: 'Well, she felt, Hillary felt, that the president could have stopped Comey a long time ago, because that's what (former President) Bill (Clinton) said.'

 

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[h=1]Defeated Dems start a civil war as left-wing Howard Dean attacks plan to put Muslim congressman in charge of party as unworkable[/h]

• Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee when Obama was elected, is asking party leaders to put their trust in him again
• Former Maryland Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley says he's interested in the job, too
• Progressive activist organizations and the lawmakers they look to as compasses are getting behind Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison
• Ellison is African-American and Muslim and would bring diversity; he's been hailed as a 'bridge builder' between the establishment and the far left
• He backed Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary but holds a leadership position in the House
• DNC is in disarray after Hillary Clinton's spectacular loss - Dems did not take the House or the Senate, either
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned last summer after her emails were hacked; interim chair Donna Brazile was hit in a similar scandal
• Election not likely to be until March of 2017 but candidates are already lining up

By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 17:50, 11 November 2016 | UPDATED: 22:01, 11 November 2016


A civil war broke out Friday within the Democratic Party as the left-wing blamed the establishment for Hillary Clinton's devastating defeat and a prospective party head gave a competitor a verbal thrashing.
Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee when President Barack Obama was elected, offensively attacked Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison.
Dean is asking party leaders to choose him to restructure their dysfunctional national operation.
Progressive activist organizations and the lawmakers they look to as compasses are getting behind Ellison, who is African-American and Muslim.
Dean told MSNBC Friday that Ellison is 'a very good guy' but 'there’s one problem: you cannot do this job and sit in a political office at the same time. It’s not possible.'
That's how Democrats got themselves in this mess in the first place, he assessed.

Democrats are racing to move on from Hillary Clinton's devastating defeat and elect a new party head to restructure their dysfunctional national operation. Howard Dean, right, is asking party leaders to put their trust in him. Keith Ellison, left, is also looking at a bid

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Dean, a former governor of Vermont, said Thursday that he will run for DNC chair, a position he held when Barack Obama was elected

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Former Maryland Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley says he's interested in the job, too

He pointed to ex-DNC chair and House Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz as an example of a failed leader who had two day jobs.
'We’ve seen what happens,' he said. 'It does not work. This is more than a full-time job.'
Dean said the party is in 'turmoil' and 'must rebuild from what has been a tragedy not only for the Democratic Party, but perhaps for the country.'
Former Maryland Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley said after the broadcast he's interested in the position, too.
O'Malley dropped out of the 2016 race in February. He doesn't hold elected office right now, either.
Clinton would have pushed one of her allies for party chair had she been elected.
Instead, she found herself delivering her concession speech to Donald Trump two days ago, leaving Democrats in a lurch.




A spokesman for Bernie Sanders told Politico the senator and 2016 White House contender is backing the Ellison for party chair.
Democrats' leader-in-waiting in the upper chamber, Sen. Chuck Schumer, also endorsed Ellison, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and chief deputy whip to House Democrats, the Washington Post reported.
Elizabeth Warren, a progressive senator from Massachusetts, said Ellison would make a 'terrific DNC chair' on MSNBC.
MoveOn.org and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee have said they like Ellison for the position, too.
The five-term congressman, elected this week to a sixth term, 'would be an excellent chair,' MoveOn's executive director Ilya Sheyman said in a statement.
'The DNC must clean house and the new chair must stand up to all efforts by Trump and Republicans to move their harmful and bigoted agenda, which lost the national popular vote,' Sheyman said.

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Dean told MSNBC Friday that Ellison is 'a very good guy' but 'there’s one problem: you cannot do this job and sit in a political office at the same time. It’s not possible.' That's how Democrats got themselves in this mess in the first place, he assessed

'At the same time, the DNC must connect with the grassroots of the party base that wants the party to reject corporate influence and advance an inclusive, progressive agenda that will energize voters and grow our base.'
PCCC co-founder Stephanie Taylor said the establishment blew it in 2016.
'The Democratic establishment had their chance with this election. It’s time for new leadership of the Democratic Party -- younger, more diverse, and more ideological -- that is hungry to do things differently, like leading a movement instead of dragging people to the polls,' Taylor argued.
'Democrats will lose, over and over, until they have a willingness to take on corporate power and other entrenched power in a very real and authentic way.'
The PCCC representative added, 'Keith Ellison is one many good people who could lead the DNC in a new and more winning direction.'
Democracy for America, a grassroots organization that rose from the ashes of Howard Dean's 2004 campaign, suggested in a Thursday evening call with its members that it was remaining neutral for now.
On Friday, Dean suddenly resigned from his leadership position at the organization, which has been run by his brother Jim since 2005.
'Founding DFA was one of the greatest honors of my life and, while I’m stepping back from my role with Democracy for America today, I could not be more proud of the grassroots movement we’ve created together and what they will do going forward,' Dean said in a statement.
The evening before DFA Executive Director Charles Chamberlain told the organization's membership, 'Here at DFA we believe that the Democratic party is at its best when its leaders have the courage to compete for the best ideas, the best practices, and the best people.
Chamberlain blamed 'party insiders' for Democrats' spectacular defeat at all levels of federal government on Tuesday.
'Democratic party insiders got together around conference tables in Washington DC and more or less decided who the presidential nominee would be, without listening to the party’s grassroots base. That’s wrong and that’s part of the reason why we lost,' he said.

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ALL YOUR FAULT: At a staff meeting Thursday interim DNC chair Donna Brazile was assailed by an aide for her conduct during the campaign. The angry staffer said Brazile and her cronies were responsible for Donald Trump's election

The DFA official said, 'We here at DFA hope that there will be a vigorous, forward-looking competition for the leadership of the Democratic Party and we strongly believe that the party’s grassroots base -- not party insiders and political elites -- should play the decisive role in choosing who our party’s next leader should be. Period.'
DFA's guest on the call: Ellison.
'I will announce that I'm going to make an announcement on Monday. So, there you go,' he said.
Dean, a former governor of Vermont, said Thursday that he will seek the position.
'The dems need organization and focus on the young. Need a fifty State strategy and tech rehab. I am in for chairman again,' he said on Twitter.
The MSNBC contributor said Friday on the network, 'My plan is to reach out to young people...I think they now understand that politics matters.
'We’ve got to rebuild this party, and I know how to do that,' he said, pointing out that when he was in charge, Democrats won the House, Senate and the White House.
O'Malley said Friday morning that he is considering a bid of his own.
'Since the election, I have been approached by many Democrats who believe our party needs new leadership,' he said in written statement.
'I'm taking a hard look at DNC Chair because I know how badly we need to reform our nominating process, articulate a bold progressive vision, recommit ourselves to higher wages and a stronger middle class, and return to our roots as a nationwide, grassroots party.'

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DYSFUNCTION JUNCTION: Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her top aides stepped down as Democrats gathered in Philadelphia to officially name Hillary Clinton their White House candidate in July. Vice Chair Brazile was asked to step in as party until the end of the election

The highest-ranking Democrat, President Obama remains the party's guiding light until he leaves office in January. The title of party leader will shift to the DNC chair after that.
Republicans swept the House and Senate, in addition to the executive branch, in the last election.
'When there’s one party that’s in the White House and that same party controls Congress, it elevates the position of the chair of the DNC. So it’s an important decision,' Obama's spokesman, Josh Earnest, said Thursday.
The White House official told reporters, 'I don’t know to what extent President Obama will weigh in on it.'
Earnest predicted a 'hotly contested and closely covered' race to lead to national party.
'I would anticipate that candidates for that position will covet the endorsement of the outgoing President. I don’t know to what extent he’ll have one to offer, but we’ll keep you posted on all of it.'
Since July, when then-DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned the day before the party's week-long presidential nominating convention began, progressives have told DailyMail.com they favor Ellison for the job.
Defeated Congresswoman Donna Edwards, Rep. Raul Grijalva and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez received several nods, as well.
'I think it should probably be somebody in charge who supported Bernie,' one high-level progressive activist said.

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The highest-ranking Democrat, President Barack Obama remains the party's guiding light until he leaves office in January. The title of party leader will shift to the DNC chair after that

Ellison was hailed in conversations as a 'bridge builder' who holds a leadership post as deputy whip and endorsed Sanders. And, he's Muslim, they pointed out, a nod to the party's efforts to promote diversity.
Wasserman Schultz was elected chair in May of 2011, succeeding Tim Kaine, now a U.S. Senator representing Virginia. Kaine was part of this year's losing ticket - he was Clinton's running mate.
Holding the dual titles of DNC chair and Florida congresswoman, Wasserman Schultz lead the party for five years, despite complaints from Democrats that she came across as too partisan on television.
It was hacked emails, revealing a bias within the DNC against Sanders, that did her in.
Wasserman Schultz said Sanders, a life-long independent who changed his affiliation to Democrat to run for president, didn't understand Democrats' apparatus because he wasn't one.
Egg on their faces, Wasserman Schultz and her top aides stepped down as Democrats gathered in Philadelphia to officially name Hillary Clinton their White House candidate.
Vice Chair Donna Brazile was asked to step in as party chief until the end of the election.

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Progressives are blaming party insiders for Clinton's nomination and defeat. The failed candidate is seen her on Thursday in Chappaqua, NY

Her short tenure would soon be marred by an email scandal, too. Wikileaks would go on to publish more than 50,000 emails it obtained from internet thieves who infiltrated Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's account.
Emails, at least one of which Brazile suggested was faked, showed the CNN contributor giving Clinton's team a heads up about questions she and Sanders would be asked at a forum hosted by the network and a primary debate.
CNN and Brazile have since parted ways.
At a staff meeting Thursday in Washington, D.C. Brazile was assailed by an aide, the Huffington Post says, for her conduct during the campaign.
'Why should we trust you as chair to lead us through this?' he shouted, two of his peers say. 'You backed a flawed candidate, and your friend [former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz] plotted through this to support your own gain and yourself.'
The staffer named 'Zach' ripped Brazile for the outcome of Tuesday's election - President-elect Trump - and screamed at her: 'You are part of the problem.'
'You and your friends will die of old age, and I’m going to die from climate change. You and your friends let this happen, which is going to cut 40 years off my life expectancy,' he said.
Brazile confirmed the outburst but declined to characterize it in an email to the Huffington Post.
'As you can imagine, the individual involved is a member of the staff and I personally do not wish to discuss our internal meetings,' she said in an email.
The DNC has not said when it will hold elections for its leadership positions. A spokesman for the organization did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
A source with knowledge of the preparations told DailyMail.com the election would most likely be held in March.
The Association of State Democratic Chairs’ and the DNC Executive Committee will meet in Denver, Colorado, Dec. 1-3.
The ASDC talks will be private and are only open to state party chairs, vice chairs, executive directors and state party staff, as well as the DNC's current team.

Read more:

• Sanders backs Ellison for DNC chairman - POLITICO
• DNC Staffer Screams At Donna Brazile For Helping Elect Donald Trump | The Huffington Post
• Schumer throws his support behind Keith Ellison for DNC chairman - The Washington Post

 

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'I want to move to Spain': Chelsea Handler breaks down in tears while discussing Hillary Clinton's loss on her talk show

• Handler cried Wednesday night as she explained she planned to leave the country after Trump won, but was convinced to stay and fight
• She said that 'throwing in the towel is too easy'
• Handler has been outspoken in her hatred of Trump
• Was not the only host reduced to tears, with Seth Meyers also emotional

What a cnut

 

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'I am for reals sick': Amy Schumer postpones Baltimore show after 'heartbreaking' Clinton defeat

The 35-year-old postponed a show set for Royal Farms Arena on Saturday until March, Live Nation said Friday, adding that tickets for tomorrow's show will remain valid for the later date.

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[h=2]'I feel like I did after 9/11': Robert De Niro shares his anger following Trump's victory [/h] The Hollywood actor previously said in a video for a non-partisan campaign that Donald Trump is 'a punk,' 'a dog,' and 'a pig.'

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Not too bad looking Id give her.a 6-1/2, Id like to grab her pussy but shes married.....

 

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'I feel like I did after 9/11': Robert De Niro shares his anger following Trump's victory

The Hollywood actor previously said in a video for a non-partisan campaign that Donald Trump is 'a punk,' 'a dog,' and 'a pig.'

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