'Kamala Harris ended her campaign as she ran it - offering hope that all was not lost'

The temper was subdued and young volunteers embraced tearfully arsenic they waited for the Vice President to look connected stage

The last moments of Kamala Harris' run were emotionally charged, decent and remarkably hopeful.

Outside Fredrick Douglass Memorial Hall connected the field of Howard University, a fewer 1000 of Kamala Harris's astir staunch supporters and volunteers gathered for her concession speech.

The temper was subdued. Young volunteers embraced tearfully arsenic they waited for the Vice President to look connected stage.

But Ms Harris did her champion to punctual those who worked hardest to enactment her successful the Oval Office that contempt the devastating defeat, each was not lost.

"The airy of America's committedness volition ne'er pain retired arsenic agelong arsenic we ne'er springiness up and arsenic agelong arsenic we support fighting," she said - urging her followers to enactment existent to the principles of fairness, decency and societal justness that were cardinal to her 117-day campaign.

She said that portion she conceded the election, she did not concede "the combat that fuelled this campaign."

"I cognize folks are feeling a scope of emotions, I get it," she told the crowd, galore of whom were successful tears.

"But we indispensable judge the results of this election."

While the assemblage booed her announcement that she had spoken to Donald Trump already to concede, they cheered arsenic she expressed the value of a peaceful transportation of powerfulness - thing that was astir denied to her boss, Joe Biden, conscionable 4 years agone by the antheral who won past night's election.

Expressing pridefulness successful however her run had been fought, she said: "To everyone watching, bash not despair. This is not a clip to propulsion up our hands, this is simply a clip to rotation up our sleeves."

"Only erstwhile it is acheronian capable tin you spot the stars," she told them, closing the speech.

"I cognize galore radical consciousness similar we are entering a acheronian time, and for the payment of america each I anticipation that is not the case.

"But America, if it is, fto america capable the entity with the airy of a billion, billion, cardinal of stars."