“It's hard to be a parent tonight for a lot of us. You tell your kids, 'Don't be a bully.' You tell your kids, 'Don't be a bigot.' You tell your kids, 'Do your homework and be prepared.' Then you have this outcome and you have people putting children to bed tonight. They're afraid of breakfast. They're afraid of, how do I explain this to my children.
I have Muslim friends who are texting me tonight saying 'Should I leave the country?' I have families of immigrants that are terrified tonight. This was a white-lash. This was a white-lash against a changing country. It was a white lash against a black president, in part, and that's the part where the pain comes.”
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