Friday, November 8, 2024 - US Vice President and Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris has delivered her concession speech on to the nation after losing the presidential elections to Republican Donald Trump.
In her concession speech at Howard University in Washington,
Harris promised a peaceful transfer of power to Donald Trump.
Kamala Harris said that she accepts the outcome of the
elections, but pledged to continue fighting for women's rights and against gun
violence and to "fight for the dignity that all people deserve."
"While I concede this election, I do not concede the
fight that fueled this campaign," she told her supporters at Howard
University in Washington.
Harris also promised a peaceful transfer of power to
Donald Trump and said that honoring election results is what distinguishes
a democracy from a monarchy or tyranny.
"We must accept the results of this election. Earlier
today, I spoke with President-elect Trump and congratulated him on his
victory," Harris said in her speech at the Howard University in
Washington. "I also told him that we would help him and his team with
their transition and that we would engage in a peaceful transfer of
power."
"The outcome of this election is not what we wanted,
not what we fought for, not what we voted for, but hear me when I say that the
light of America's promise will always burn bright as long as we never give up
and as long as we keep fighting," Harris said.
She also encouraged her supporters, particularly young
people, not to give up even in their disappointment. "Sometimes the fight
takes a while. That doesn't mean we won't win," Harris added.
Donald Trump won the US presidential election for a second
term, handing Harris a shock defeat in one of the most remarkable comebacks in
American electoral history.
Trump won 295 electoral votes to Harris' 226. Counting in
Nevada and Arizona is still going on.
“I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary
honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president," Trump
told cheering supporters in Florida even before his victory was confirmed.
“We’ve been through so much together, and today you showed
up in record numbers to deliver a victory,” Trump said. “This was something
special and we’re going to pay you back," he said.
KAMALA HARRIS breaks her silence after losing to DONALD TRUMP in US presidential election pic.twitter.com/wmaI0jxJgo
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