Neal Brennan, comedian/writer: I was at SNL. He said, “The next time we see each other, there will be a President Trump.” I remember laughing at him. They weren’t in town, but my father-in-law made a joking bet with me. Rebecca Traister, New York magazine: We got up around 7 a.m., and there was an electric current running through my body.Īna Marie Cox, Crooked Media, formerly of MTV: I was staying at my in-laws’ place in New York. I said, “I have one round of questions if Hillary wins, and one if Trump wins.” And he just started laughing, saying, “Why would you bother asking the second one?” This was the first big election where I was absolutely certain we were going to win.ĭave Weigel, The Washington Post: I called Jeff Flake the Sunday before the election. Jim Margolis, Clinton campaign senior adviser: I am normally a glass-half-empty guy when it comes to expectations on election days. Even with Billy Bush, I never wavered for a second. Steve Bannon, Trump campaign CEO: When I first came on the campaign, I said, “You have a hundred-percent chance of winning.” We just got to stick to that plan. ![]() How did this happen? What follows are over 40 brand new interviews and behind-the-scenes stories from deep inside The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, and more-plus first-hand accounts from the campaigns, themselves. ![]() In a space of 24 hours, the concept of "conventional wisdom" seemed to vanish for good. ![]() On November 8, 2016, America's chief storytellers-those within the bubbles of media and politics-lost the narrative they had controlled for decades.
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