SEATTLE — The two-block-long line to get into Elliott Bay Books was telling. Hillary Clinton may have lost the election, but she never lost their hearts.
”She’s exhausted, she's traveling but she's wondering how we are, wants to hear from us. She was so kind and generous with her time; she's amazing,” said Jennifer Longo, as tears ran down her cheek.
They came to Clinton clutching their books -- and their dreams of what might have been.
“She is the woman that should be in the White House so I have to come here to see her,” said Kay Boyle.
Clinton came on the same day President Trump took to Twitter to blast New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in a way many saw as sexually suggestive. Trump posted that that she “begged” him for campaign contributions and “would do anything” for them.
"I see it as a sexist smear. I mean, that's what it is," Gillibrand said.
It's an issue Clinton addressed in a Seattle appearance last night.
"The only way we will get sexism out of politics is to get more women into politics,” Clinton said to cheers.
Today's outrage, and the "me-too" movement against sexual harassment, were on the minds of many here.
“It's all of a piece. I feel like the misogyny and the sexism that she faced during the, well, for most of her life, it's been stuff that most women have the same stories and can tell you the same kind of tales,” said Maria Kolby.
Many brought their children.
“I'm so inspired by her and I love her and I'm just so brave because of her,” said 15-year-old Cordelia Longo.
The Shapcott girls, Oona, 5 and Nyree, 8, showed off clothing imprinted with Clinton's picture.
“Just want them to meet a strong feminine role model,” said their mother, Krysty.
Elliott Bay Books says 1,000 people got their books signed today. Clinton’s book is in its 12th week on the New York Times best-seller list.
Cox Media Group
