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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 deal with 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 the moment,” the previous prosecutor started. “Full of gratitude with the belief you’ve positioned in me, full of affection for our nation and filled with resolve. The end result of this election isn’t what we needed, not what we fought for, now what we voted for, however right here me after I say: the sunshine of America’s promise will at all times burn shiny. As lengthy as we by no means surrender, and so long as we preserve combating.”
“While 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 individuals, and beliefs on the coronary heart of this nation… that may be a battle I’ll by no means surrender.”
— 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 at the moment, I spoke with president-elect Donald Trump and congratulated him on his victory,” Harris revealed, earlier than including, “We will have interaction 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 “surrender,” regardless of the loss on this election.
Kamala Harris: “While I concede this election, I don’t concede the battle that fueled this marketing campaign … the battle for our nation is at all times value it” pic.twitter.com/tXtHzUl1Fz
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 6, 2024
“While 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 individuals; a battle for the beliefs on the coronary heart of our nation, the beliefs that replicate America at our greatest. That is a battle I’ll by no means surrender.”
She then informed youthful voters that every part will “be okay” and that “generally, the battle takes some time.”
“We owe loyalty to not a president, however to the Constitution of the United States,” 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 encourage voters. Multiple retailers reported that polls have been a tie between Harris and Trump, 78. However, on Tuesday, November 5, most swing states favored Trump. He received each the Electoral College and the favored vote, the Associated Press declared at round 5:30 a.m. on November 6.