In my speech after my election I said 'I am to some in this country, everything that the hateful despise' so I did expect some vitriol because it is not new to us, we are used to it but the level of attention - and it was international - and it was all at once.
Reflecting on the backlash after their election.
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I feel like the more time we spend there and the more, the less time I spend making that the core element of my identity, the more they're warming up as well. Because the one thing they can't deny is whether or not I can do my job.
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