Hillary Clinton delivers a closing message for the election in a USA Today op-ed. Though she does note that her opponent “has run his campaign on divisiveness, fear and insults, and spent months pitting Americans against each other,” for the most part it is a positive, forward-looking message, promising that “I want to be president for all Americans.” It’s also characteristically policy-focused, centering on four main areas.
Clinton calls for investment in infrastructure and jobs—the biggest since World War II—paid for “by asking the wealthy, Wall Street and big corporations to finally pay their fair share.” She pledges to introduce comprehensive immigration reform legislation, highlighting that “The last president to sign comprehensive immigration reform was Ronald Reagan, and it was a priority for George W. Bush.” Third, she promises to “ introduce a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United” within her first 30 days as president, calling it a way to “break the gridlock in Washington.” And fourth, “we need to get started on end-to-end criminal justice reform.”
It’s that agenda vs. … well, you know. Clinton closes:
I’ve said many times that Donald Trump has shown us who he is. Now we have to decide who we are.
Because it’s not just our names on the ballot this year. Every issue we care about is on the ballot, too. This is about who we are as a country — and whether we are going to have change that makes us stronger together, or change that pushes us further apart.
It all comes down to this. I love our country. I believe in our people. And I think there’s nothing we can’t achieve if we work together and invest in each other.
If we’ve decided who we are as individuals, we need to work to make sure that’s reflected in the country’s decision Tuesday.
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