The change in the frame of mind from the Clinton supporters on the street in New York could be felt within about half an hour, reports news.com.au’s Charlotte Willis.
First they were declaring, “we’re not worried” and “it’s early days”, and now there is just dead silence. Video from within the Clinton campaign shows her entire camp at a standstill, they’re like statues as they watch the numbers roll in.
I’ve got friends and colleagues crying, no one wants to go home and be alone, hearts are breaking around the city already. No one can believe how perfectly he appears to have played this.
Clinton supporters are stony faced, heads in their hands, hands over mouths in horror, and people are walking out of her camp in the venue, they’re so stunned.
There are about 600 supporters at Sydney University’s Manning Bar watching the outcome of the election unfold, with a handful of Trump supporters getting more rowdy as the night progresses, shouting, “lock her up”, “build a wall”, “drain the swamp” and “grab her by the pussy”.
Trump has left the war room for the first time tonight, heading to his penthouse in Trump Tower to take “a moment with his wife” Melania, Sky News reports.
Pauline Hanson has tweeted her congratulations to Donald Trump, with the One Nation leader referring to the Republican candidate as “Mr President”.
Trump has 244 electoral votes to Clinton’s 209, with the Republican leading in the now all-important Wisconsin.
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