MONTCLAIR -- The line waiting for Hillary Clinton nearly shut down Watchung Plaza in Montclair Tuesday. It went from the entrance of Watchung Booksellers, snaking around the corner and continuing down several blocks of North Fullerton Avenue.
Clinton greeted about 1,000 people who paid $30 for a signed copy of her new book, "What Happened," and a brief individual encounter with the first woman to win a major party nomination for president of the United States.
The first fan to meet Clinton was an 89-year-old retired journalist, Betty Hall. From her wheelchair Tuesday, Hall, who traveled from Titusville with her daughter, Jane Lee, told reporters she wanted to meet Clinton because, "she should have won."
Hall staked out her prime spot in line at about noon Tuesday for the event, which began shortly before 6 p.m. With the little time she had, Hall asked Clinton whether she would run again in 2020.
"She said, 'No, but I'm going to be around,'" Hall said afterward. Read more, see more pics , see video >>>>
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crowd lines up around the block of Watchung Booksellers to meet Hillary
Clinton at her book signing.
Anthony Gabbianelli | The Montclarion
A long line wrapped around Watchung Booksellers for Hillary Rodham
Clinton’s ongoing “What Happened” book tour in Montclair this Tuesday. A
thousand people gathered at Watchung Plaza for a chance to meet Clinton
and received an autographed copy of her newest autobiographical book
that provides the former presidential candidate’s reflections on the
turbulent 2016 election defeat.
“This is a great way to finally meet her,” said Vineet Shah, a
Clinton supporter who came from his tech job in Manhattan to see her.
“She ran a campaign with values that I also hold and that’s what matters
to me.”
A sizable portion of eager onlookers, some of whom brought
pro-Clinton picket signs, gathered behind barricades across the street
of the bookstore. A sense of grief still pervaded over many Clinton
supporters since her defeat to current President Donald Trump in their
hostile race for the presidency.
“I was almost in tears,” said Montclair native Courtney Novak
reflecting on election night. “Most people I knew didn’t think she was
going to lose.” Read more >>>>
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