Our nation will be well-served by these men and women, and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come.
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But living in a democracy is about recognizing that our point of view won’t always win out, and being willing to accept the peaceful transfer of power.
And one of the most disturbing things about this election and about Trump's rise in politics is how we seem to have set the values we were taught aside, how we seem to disregard them, how we pretend they don't matter.
Some of you know when I was growing up, I didn't have a father in the house. But I did have people around me, stepfather, grandparents, teachers, coaches and most of all my mother, who tried to teach me the difference between right and wrong, who showed me what it meant to be honest and responsible to work hard, to treat other people the way I wanted to be treated.





