Harris Calls Out Election Denial In Concession Speech, Offers Call to Action: ‘People Feel Like We Are Entering a Dark Time’
Vice President Kamala Harris ended her concessions speech by taking a shot at President-elect Donald Trump and calling on Democrats to not “give up.”
The Democratic nominee spoke at Howard University on Wednesday afternoon where she officially conceded the race to Trump after losing multiple battleground states on Tuesday evening.
During her speech, she called on Democrats to respect the results of the election and vowed to help foster a peaceful transfer of power. Harris also took a not-so-subtle dig at Trump by noting, “When we lose an election, We accept the results.” She continued:
We will continue to wage this fight in the voting booth, in the courts and in the public square. And we will also wage it in quieter ways in how we live our lives by treating one another with kindness and respect, by looking in the face of a stranger and seeing a neighbor by always using our strength to lift people up, to fight for the dignity that all people deserve. The fight for our freedom will take hard work. But like I always say, we like hard work. Hard work is good work. Hard work can be joyful work. And the fight for our country is always worth it. It is always worth it. To the young people who are watching…it is okay to feel sad and disappointed. But please know it’s going to be okay. On the campaign, I would often say when we fight, we win. But here’s the thing. Here’s the thing. Sometimes the fight takes a while. That doesn’t mean we won’t win.
That doesn’t mean we won’t win. The important thing is don’t ever give up. Don’t ever give up. Don’t ever stop trying to make the world a better place. You have power. You have power. And don’t you ever listen when anyone tells you something is impossible because it has never been done before. You have the capacity to do extraordinary good in the world. And so 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.
This is a time to organize, to mobilize, and to stay engaged for the sake of freedom and justice and the future that we all know we can build together. Look, many of you know, I started out as a prosecutor and throughout my career, I saw people at some of the worst times in their lives, people who had suffered great harm and great pain and yet found within themselves the strength and the courage and the resolve to take the stand, to take a stand, to fight for justice, to fight for themselves, to fight for others. So let their courage be our inspiration. Let their determination be our charge. And I’ll close with this. There’s an adage an historian once called a law of history true of every society across the ages. The adage is only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. I know many people feel like we are entering a dark time, but for the benefit of us all, I hope that is not the case. But here’s the thing, America. If it is, let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant, brilliant billion of stars. The light, the light of optimism, of faith, of truth and service.
Watch the clip above via CNN.
