Kamala Harris Delivers Concession Speech And Tells Supporters To Not Give Up “The Fight That Fueled This Campaign”

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Facing a crowd of supporters, a number of them wiping away tears, Kamala Harris delivered a concession speech Wednesday in which she urged them to not despair and not give up at a critical period in American history. “To everyone who is watching: Do not despair.

This is not a time to throw up our hands. This is a time to roll up our sleeves,” Harris said to the crowd at Howard University.

Many in the crowd were at the same place Tuesday night, hopeful that it would be a victory celebration for winning the 2024 presidential election.

Instead, the mood turned grim when it was apparent that the election was shifting Donald Trump‘s way. Harris made a point of noting that, in her phone call with Trump today, she told him that “we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power,” a contrast to the president-elect’s refusal to do so four years ago. “A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results,” Harris said. “That principle, as much as any other, distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny, and anyone who seeks to public trust must honor it.” “At the same time, in our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or a party but to the Constitution of the United States,” she said.