Vice President Kamala Harris urged supporters to not give up during her concession speech.
“Sometimes the fight takes a while. That doesn’t mean we won’t win,” she said to a crowd at Howard University. “Don’t ever give up.”
She urged supporters: “Don’t ever stop trying to make world a better place.”
She then told “everyone watching” to 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,” she said.
Vice President Kamala Harris in her concession speech Wednesday said 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.”
Vice President Kamala Harris implored the audience gathered at Howard University to “fill the sky” with stars if America is headed into a dark time after she conceded the presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday.
Paraphrasing an old “adage,” Harris told the audience: “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 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.
She added: “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.”
“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.”
