21 Uplifting Election Tweets to Help You Cope

Amidst all the criticism of her, I want to say, as a woman, simply this: thank you @HillaryClinton. Your candidacy was a milestone for women

- Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) November 9, 2016

F*ck that.
I love this country, and there's more work to do than ever.
(No offense Canada) https://t.co/u9aHY1Zho4

- Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) November 9, 2016

Donald Trump has given me, who is 94, the deep desire & will to live to 98 so I can vote for whoever runs against him.

- carl reiner (@carlreiner) November 9, 2016

Grown ups.
Your presence is vital today in the lives of children.
Show them what love looks like.

- Kid President (@iamkidpresident) November 9, 2016

This is how the future voted. This is what people 18-25 said in casting their votes. We must keep this flame alight and nurture this vision. pic.twitter.com/ivuXrar869

- Eliza Byard (@EByard) November 9, 2016

This advice from a Brexit survivor seems useful. https://t.co/zeE3M0VTEQ pic.twitter.com/NowlE4okBU

- Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) November 9, 2016

If a Trump presidency is all it takes to make you give up on your hopes & dreams for your nation, then you don't want them enough.

- Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) November 9, 2016

“Fear is always with us, but we just don’t have time for it, not now.” - HRC, in her 1969 Wellesley commencement speech.

- Soraya N. McDonald (@SorayaMcDonald) November 9, 2016

One small sign of progress: the number of women of color in the Senate quadrupled https://t.co/0yVDkjsPwY

- Vox (@voxdotcom) November 9, 2016

The unthinkable happened before, to my family in WWII. We got thru it. We held each other close. We kept our dignity and held to our ideals.

- George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 9, 2016

Fellow white guys,
Donate to planned parenthood. Volunteer to be an abortion escort.
Don't tell people it will be fine. Organize.

- Daniel Ralston (@danielralston) November 9, 2016

Next four years will be ultimate test of whether our institutions are more powerful than the men who occupy them, as the founders intended.

- Bret Taylor (@btaylor) November 9, 2016

This is a master class in leadership. Of class. Of maturity. Of strength. Of dignity.

- Anna Holmes (@AnnaHolmes) November 9, 2016

We just have to see this country with clearer eyes and next time, we cannot underestimate hatred and fear.

- roxane gay (@rgay) November 9, 2016

Tim Kaine and Bill Clinton are standing behind Hillary, tearing up. Hillary is a rock. Never say women aren't the strongest humans on earth.

- Dami Lee (@dami_lee) November 9, 2016

If you haven't already, if you're capable, if your health allows: find out which birth control works for you

- do this on concrete (@jodecicry) November 9, 2016

Playtime is over now it's time to crank up love and empathy to 110% and make some incredible fearless art. This is a direct order.

- reggie watts (@reggiewatts) November 9, 2016

this shining. intelligent. kind of tired. pic.twitter.com/Zj8KkvnLoJ

- nayyirah waheed (@nayyirahwaheed) November 9, 2016

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." -Eleanor Roosevelt pic.twitter.com/82FMw1cvq5

- shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) November 9, 2016

“Let us have faith in each other. Let us not grow weary. Let us not lose heart. For there are more seasons to come and...more work to do.”

- Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 9, 2016

"To all the little girls watching...never doubt that you are valuable and powerful & deserving of every chance & opportunity in the world."

- Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 9, 2016