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Here’s a group of people who aren’t happy the election is over

Mark Garrison Nov 8, 2016
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TV monitors in the press room show Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton on stage during the 2nd debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2016.    TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images

Here’s a group of people who aren’t happy the election is over

Mark Garrison Nov 8, 2016
TV monitors in the press room show Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton on stage during the 2nd debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2016.    TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
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