Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton made
their final pitches Monday evening to become the 45th president of the
United States. At rival late-night rallies, Trump sold Clinton as
“corrupt.”
By contrast, Clinton apologized for the
polarized election, calling Tuesday’s vote “the test of our time.” About
1 a.m. Tuesday, she told voters: “I want you to understand, our work
together will be just beginning.”
Clinton’s hopeful and unifying message
stood as a juxtaposition to Trump’s promise of revenge. “Today is our
independence day,” he said, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “Today the
American working class is going to strike back.” He added, “Go to bed.
Go to bed right now. Get up and vote.”
The frenzied last leg of the 2016
presidential campaign culminated after midnight Monday in rival
late-night rallies coursing with anger and emotion, as Donald Trump
hammered Hillary Clinton as corrupt and Clinton cast the election as
“the test of our time.”
Clinton closed her campaign with an
energetic rally in Raleigh, accompanied by former president Bill Clinton
and their daughter Chelsea. Singer Lady Gaga performed for an audience
that nearly to a person raised hands when asked how many had voted
early.
This one's for you, Hillary. pic.twitter.com/KtzpIpSziO— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 7, 2016
North Carolina’s results are expected to
be extremely close, and the surprise addition of Hillary Clinton’s
midnight rally suggested a degree of worry for Democrats. After the
election ends, she told voters around 1 a.m., “I want you to understand,
our work together will be just beginning.”
Meanwhile, Trump took the stage at his
final pre-election rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday
morning — capping a five-state final push that started in Florida on
Monday morning and weaved tthroughNorth Carolina, Pennsylvania and New
Hampshire.
“Today is our independence day. Today
the American working class is going to strike back,” he told the
late-night audience that gathered at a convention center to hear him
speak.
TODAY WE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2016
Well before Trump was done speaking, a substantial portion of Trump’s crowd started making its way toward the exits.
In his remarks, the Republican nominee
said it was “almost hard to believe” that Election Day had arrived, as
he reflected back to the beginning of the Republican primary and the
many candidates he faced and eventually defeated.
“Now we have one flawed candidate left
to beat,” he said. Before finishing, he told voters: “Go to bed. Go to
bed right now, get up and vote.”
Clinton ended her presidential bid with a
tableau of Democratic stars, warning more than 33,000 supporters who
gathered in Philadelphia on Monday that “every issue that you care about
is at stake.”
Joined there by President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, the Democratic nominee pivoted away from the email controversy that dogged much of her campaign and cast the election as a choice “between division and unity.”
“We choose to believe in a hopeful, inclusive, big-hearted America,” she said.
Her message was echoed by Obama, who
told the massive crowd, “I’m betting that tomorrow you will reject fear
and you will choose hope.”
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