Vice President Kamala Harris has formally conceded the 2024 presidential election. The 60-year-old former Democratic candidate appeared on stage to handle supporters and the nation from Washington D.C. on Wednesday, November 6. At the start of her concession speech, Harris famous she personally referred to as president-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his second election.
“So, let me say … my coronary heart is full at present,” the previous prosecutor started. “Stuffed with gratitude with the belief you may have positioned in me, full of affection for our nation and filled with resolve. The result of this election is just not what we wished, not what we fought for, now what we voted for, however right here me once I say: the sunshine of America’s promise will all the time burn vivid. So long as we by no means hand over, and so long as we hold preventing.”
“Whereas I concede this election, I don’t concede the battle that fueled this marketing campaign. The battle for feeedom, alternative, equity, and dignity of all folks, and beliefs on the coronary heart of this nation… that may be a battle I’ll by no means hand over.”
— Kamala Harris in Washington pic.twitter.com/7idMZNYHlB
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After thanking her husband, Doug Emhoff, their household and President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, Harris famous, “We should settle for the outcomes of this election.”
“Earlier at present, I spoke with president-elect Donald Trump and congratulated him on his victory,” Harris revealed, earlier than including, “We’ll interact in a peaceable switch of energy,” seemingly referring to Trump’s refusal to just accept the outcomes of the 2020 election.
Harris went on to induce her supporters to by no means “hand over,” regardless of the loss on this election.
Kamala Harris: “Whereas I concede this election, I don’t concede the battle that fueled this marketing campaign … the battle for our nation is all the time value it” pic.twitter.com/tXtHzUl1Fz
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“Whereas I concede this election, I don’t concede the battle that fueled this marketing campaign,” she famous. “The battle for freedom, for alternative, for equity and the dignity of all folks; a battle for the beliefs on the coronary heart of our nation, the beliefs that mirror America at our greatest. That may be a battle I’ll by no means hand over.”
She then advised youthful voters that all the things will “be okay” and that “typically, the battle takes some time.”
“We owe loyalty to not a president, however to the Structure of the US,” Harris concluded.
Harris launched into her transient but efficient presidential marketing campaign in July after Biden, 81, dropped out of the race. He instantly endorsed her, and the California native traveled across the U.S. to inspire voters. A number of shops reported that polls had been a tie between Harris and Trump, 78. Nevertheless, on Tuesday, November 5, most swing states favored Trump. He gained each the Electoral School and the favored vote, the Related Press declared at round 5:30 a.m. on November 6.