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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. Firstly 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 as we speak,” the previous prosecutor started. “Stuffed with gratitude with the belief you’ve got positioned in me, full of affection for our nation and stuffed with resolve. The end result of this election will not be what we needed, 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 quit, and so long as we maintain combating.”
“Whereas I concede this election, I don’t concede the combat that fueled this marketing campaign. The combat for feeedom, alternative, equity, and dignity of all individuals, and beliefs on the coronary heart of this nation… that could be a combat I’ll by no means quit.”
— Kamala Harris in Washington pic.twitter.com/7idMZNYHlB
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) November 6, 2024
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 as we speak, 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 simply accept the outcomes of the 2020 election.
Harris went on to induce her supporters to by no means “quit,” regardless of the loss on this election.
Kamala Harris: “Whereas I concede this election, I don’t concede the combat that fueled this marketing campaign … the combat for our nation is all the time price it” pic.twitter.com/tXtHzUl1Fz
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 6, 2024
“Whereas I concede this election, I don’t concede the combat that fueled this marketing campaign,” she famous. “The combat for freedom, for alternative, for equity and the dignity of all individuals; a combat for the beliefs on the coronary heart of our nation, the beliefs that replicate America at our greatest. That may be a combat I’ll by no means quit.”
She then instructed youthful voters that the whole lot will “be okay” and that “typically, the combat takes some time.”
“We owe loyalty to not a president, however to the Structure of the US,” Harris concluded.
Harris launched into her temporary 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 retailers reported that polls have been a tie between Harris and Trump, 78. Nevertheless, on Tuesday, November 5, most swing states favored Trump. He received each the Electoral School and the favored vote, the Related Press declared at round 5:30 a.m. on November 6.
