the smile of Kamala Harris, the tears of her supporters

She arrived on the arm of her husband Douglas Emhoff in a sober dark suit. Kamala Harris remained dignified on Wednesday November 6 when appearing in front of her supporters at Howard University in Washington. A few hours after losing in the presidential race against Donald Trump, the Democratic candidate admitted her defeat. Unlike her rival four years ago who did not accept the result immediately, provoking a dramatic invasion of the capitol a few months later, in January, the vice-president did not wait before conceding defeat to to his supporters in tears.

Combative, the one who launched the campaign late after the forced withdrawal of Joe Biden due to his age and health, promised his supporters to continue to fight. Before the crowd of mostly women fearing for their rights now that the Republicans are in power, she said: “I will never give up the fight for a future where Americans can pursue their dreams, their ambitions and their aspirations. Where American women have the freedom to make decisions about their own bodies without their government telling them what to do. We will never give up the fight to protect our schools and streets from gun violence. And in America, we will never give up the fight for our democracy, for the rule of law, for equal justice, and for the sacred idea that each of us, no matter who we are or wherever we are , has certain fundamental rights and freedoms which must be respected and defended.”

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Kamala Harris vows to keep fighting

Kamala Harris continued: “And we will continue to take this fight to the voting booths, to the courts and to the public square. And we will also do it in a calmer way: in the way we live our lives by treating one another with kindness and respect, by looking a stranger in the face and seeing a neighbor, always using our strength to uplift the people, to fight for the dignity that all men deserve. The fight for our freedom will take hard work. But like I always say, we like to work hard. »

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With polls predicting close results and vote counting that could last several days, Donald Trump ultimately easily won the race for the White House, winning in many key states. It was therefore on Tuesday that he announced his victory, confirmed by American media estimates, before receiving congratulations from political leaders around the world. In his speech, Donald Trump promised to “heal America”.