Now is the Time to Get to Work, Not to Give Up – One America News Network
OAN Staff Abril Elfi
2:42 PM – Tuesday, November 6, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democrat nominee, took the stage at Howard University and addressed a crowd of her supporters following her presidential election loss.
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She began by telling the crowd that her “heart is full today.”
“My heart is full today — full of gratitude for the trust you have placed in me, full of love for our country, and full of resolve.,” she said. “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: The light of America’s promise will always burn bright.”
Harris continued, thanking her family along with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden in her concession speech at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
“To my beloved Doug and our family, I love you so very much. To President Biden and Dr. Biden, thank you for your faith and support. To Gov. Walz and the Walz family, I know your service to our nation will continue,” she said.
“I am proud of the race we ran in the 107 days of the campaign,” she said, and thanked supporters.
The vice president also told her supporters that she understands their negative emotions, but the country needs to accept the election results.
“Now I know folks are feeling and experiencing a range of emotions right now. I get it,” Harris said, with a chuckle, before adding: “But we must accept the results of this election.”
She continued, explaining how she had called President-elect Donald Trump to concede the race. Harris also stressed the importance for “a peaceful transfer of power.”
“A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results. That principle, as much as any other, distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny. And anyone who seeks the public trust must honor it,” Harris said. “At the same time, in our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or to a party, but to the Constitution of the United States. And loyalty to our conscience and to our God.”
Harris maintained that she will remain “steadfast in her commitment to fight for freedom, for opportunity, for fairness and the dignity of all people.”
“While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign,” Harris told the crowd. “I will never give up the fight for a future where Americans can pursue their dreams, ambitions and aspirations, where the women of America have the freedom to make decisions about their own body and not have their government telling them what to do. We will never give up the fight to protect our schools and our streets from gun violence.”
“I would often say, when we fight, we win, but here’s the thing: Sometimes the fight takes a while. That doesn’t mean we won’t win,” she said. “The important thing is – don’t ever get up. Don’t ever give up. Don’t ever stop trying to make the world a better place.”
Harris continued her speech, saying that she wants her supporters to treat everyone with kindness and respect as they continue to fight for “fundamental rights and freedoms that must be respected and upheld.”
“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,” she said.
“The fight for our freedom will take hard work. But like I always say: We like hard work,” she added. “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.”
Harris told the crow to “not give up” and that “this is not 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.”
The vice president concluded her address, saying that it is time to “fill the sky” with light if America is ever headed into dark times.
“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 of optimism, of faith, of truth and service. And may that work guide us even in the face of setbacks toward the extraordinary promise of the United States of America,” Harris added.
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