President-Elect Donald Trump: 'I Will Be President for All Americans' (Video)

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President-Elect Donald Trump: 'I Will Be President for All Americans' 
Which Donald Trump are we to believe? The divisive one who for months has mocked, insulted and ridiculed people, or the one elected president who is now promising unity?
 Dawn Ennis
          
          Nov 09, 2016
          
        
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The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
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You can read a transcript of Trump's entire acceptance speech here, if you cannot bear to listen to some of it in the video below.

        
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President-Elect Donald Trump: 'I Will Be President for All Americans'

Which Donald Trump are we to believe? The divisive one who for months has mocked, insulted and ridiculed people, or the one elected president who is now promising unity?

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Karla Saenz came to the U.S. seeking asylum from guerrilla violence. She ended up in a men’s facility where she says she was subjected to violence.

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