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Quote of the Day

December 5, 2019 · 12:47 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“He was so shocked he could barely talk… He was more shocked than me, I think.”

— Hillary Clinton, quoted by CNN, on when she called Donald Trump to concede the 2016 presidential election.

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