For her heroic run, for her dedication to her hometown and to
American values, for her courage and service, Hillary Clinton's hometown
has gathered round her in pride and gratitude this Thanksgiving.
Hillary Clinton’s Hometown Rallies Around to Give Her Holiday Cheer
At the Chase bank in Hillary and Bill Clinton‘s hometown of Chappaqua, New York, the spirited former president was holding court with a handful of locals.
“And
he was pretty much talking about the how disappointed he and she were,
how he feels she completely got railroaded by (FBI director) Comey,”
says Richard “Zippy” Zimmerman, a Chappaqua chiropractor who was part of
the 15-minute conversation on Monday.
“He
said he wished he didn’t know Hillary so he could really go to town on
the people persecuting her so he could really speak his mind,” says
Zimmerman. “He felt he was held back because he couldn’t defend her the
way he wanted to defend her.”
This
outpouring of sentiment for Hillary runs far beyond her husband in this
hamlet north of New York City of some 1,400 residents, locals tell
PEOPLE.
Following
the shock and the tears of her unexpected loss, locals mobilized. Signs
were put up in lawns and roadway medians thanking Clinton for a decade
of service. The board of directors of the Chappaqua Farmers Market made a
50-pound basket of locally-sourced goodies for Hillary: chicken pot
pies, carrots, meats, cheeses, vegetables and yoghurt, says Emily Haft
Bloom, of Chappaqua.
