Hillary Clinton's supporters came in their thousands to cheer her victory but instead they left in tears.
It
was a result that many of them never expected - and the slow
realization by both sides that so many polls, predictions and
assumptions were completely wrong led to astounding scenes in New York
and around the country.
Earlier, at
the Clinton 'party' in the Jacob K Javits Center in Manhattan, which had
been picked for its purposeful glass ceiling, Clinton's senior aides
evaporated as quickly as her chances of taking the country did.
Mid-level
staffers were left dejectedly sipping coffee and Red Bull as the
atmosphere went from confident to depressed, and a late-stage attempt to
liven the mood with 'Let's Get Loud' was doomed to failure as crowds
stood around silently while J-Lo rocked the speakers.
News
that Clinton might take Arizona for the Democrats for the first time
since Bill Clinton's 1996 run did inject a small amount of excitement,
but that quickly disappeared as Trump's relentless charge across the
American map made it clear that would mean nothing.
Meanwhile,
Trump supporters at an invite-only event at the New York Hilton - two
miles and a world away - were whipped up into roaring frenzies of
cheers, hugs and chants of 'lock her up' as their candidate marched to
victory.
Hillary Clinton Supporter weep openly after Donald Trump emerges the New US President
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