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Kamala Harris calls on her supporters to “keep fighting”
From Howard University in Washington, the candidate acknowledged her defeat against Donald Trump on Wednesday, while promising her defeated supporters to “keep fighting”.
Kamala Harris at Howard University on November 6, 2024, in Washington, DC.
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“We will help (Donald Trump) and his team in the transition and we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power” assured the outgoing vice-president, in the imposing setting of her former university, the historically black Howard institution in Washington.
“We must accept the results of this election,” said the unhappy Democratic candidate, soundly defeated by the Republican president at the end of an extremely tense campaign.
His voice shook at the end of his speech. She was joined on stage by her very emotional husband Doug Emhoff, who was very involved in the campaign. Behind her, in front of high brick walls and imposing colonnades, huge American flags, inflatable blue, white, red balloons… all the decor of the party that will never take place.
The day before, his supporters who came to celebrate were stunned by the rapid succession of results favorable to Donald Trump in the decisive states. Many of them put on their campaign t-shirts on Wednesday. “Dear Madam President” anachronistically proclaims that of a young girl hiding behind sunglasses.
“Do not despair”
“Who rules the world? Women” by Beyoncé, support of the Democrat, resonates through the speakers some time before the arrival of the vice-president on the large platform in the middle of the lawn and university buildings. But obviously no one takes up the chorus.
“I recognize my defeat but I am not giving up the fight,” said Kamala Harris, referring in particular to the right for women “to make decisions regarding their own bodies.”
“The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for,” she said, asserting that the “light of the promise of “America will always shine (…) as long as we don’t give up and we keep fighting.”
“I know many feel like we are entering a dark period, but for all of our sakes, I hope that is not the case,” said Kamala Harris.
“To all those watching, do not despair. Now is not the time to give up. It’s time to roll up your sleeves. This is the time to organize, mobilize and stay committed to the fight for freedom and justice,” said the former California prosecutor, the second woman defeated in a race for the White House by Donald Trump after Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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