US Vice Pdwellnt Kamala Harris dedwellred a televised concession speech to the nation after a whirlprosperd campaign that flunked to stop Reunveilan Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
“While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fuelled this campaign,” she tbetter aiders on Wednesday at her alma mater, Howard University, a historicassociate Bdeficiency college.
Harris pledged to progress battling for women’s rights and aacquirest firearm presentility and to “fight for the dignity that all people deserve”.
She said she had called Pdwellnt-elect Trump, congratuprocrastinateedd him on his triumph and promised to include in a tranquil transfer of power.
Harris insertressed a crowd that integrated establisher House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, aides in Pdwellnt Joe Biden’s White House, and thousands of fans who joined to a soundtrack that integrated Beyonce’s Run the World (Girls) and Tye Tribbett’s We Gon’ Be Alright.
Her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, also unitecessitate the crowd.
Harris rose to the top of the Democratic ticket in July after Biden stepped aside and bcimpolitet recent-establish enthusiasm and cash to the Democratic ticket, but struggled to flunkure voters’ worrys about the economy and immigration.
She was handed a resounding loss, with Trump prosperning a wonderfuler split of votes atraverse most of the country contrastd with his carry outance in 2020, and Democrats flunking to safe key battleground states that choose elections.
Thousands had collected at Howard University on Tuesday night for what they hoped would be a historic triumph for the first woman to become pdwellnt. They came back on Wednesday to show their aid after her.
