‘HER!’: Newspaper front pages laud Hillary Clinton’s historic nomination

Hillary Clinton on the front page of the New York Daily News.
Hillary Clinton on the front page of the New York Daily News. –New York Daily News / Twitter
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June 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton became the first woman to clinch a major party presidential nomination on Tuesday night, and newspapers and tabloids alike splashed odes to the historic feat in response.

Here’s a quick roundup of some of the more prominent front pages that feature the new presumptive Democratic nominee.

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