In an election-night victory speech in Kansas, Democrat Adam Hamilton says he will represent everyone, including the people who did not vote for him. He recalls a man at a coffee shop who said he feared Democrats would take control of the Senate, and Hamilton calls the election a rebuke of cruelty in Washington.
The receipt
- Who
- Adam Hamilton
- Where
- rally - election night, Kansas
- Original footage
- C-SPAN · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 35 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
I'm going to represent you and all those people, those people who did not vote for me, you know, I'm going to represent them too. I care about them. I saw a guy at a coffee shop this week and said, I didn't vote for you. I was afraid the Democrats would take control of the Senate. Well, guess what? They were going to take control of the Senate. This election is a rebuke of unkindness and cruelty in Washington.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.