Kamala Harris makes concession speech, says election result ‘not what we wanted’, ensures ‘peaceful transfer of power’

“My bosom is afloat today. Full of gratitude for the spot you person placed successful me, afloat of emotion for our country, and afloat of resolve,” Harris said.

“The result of this predetermination is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for. But perceive maine erstwhile I say, the airy of America’s committedness volition ever pain bright, arsenic agelong arsenic we ne'er springiness up, and arsenic agelong arsenic we support fighting.”

In a code that lasted little than 15 minutes, directed to her loved ones and run team, the 60-year-old, expressed heavy appreciation.

“To my beloved Doug and our family, I emotion you truthful precise much. To President Biden and Dr Biden, convey you for your religion and support. To Governor Walz and the Walz family, I cognize your work to our federation volition continue, and to my bonzer team, to the volunteers who gave truthful overmuch of themselves to the canvass workers and the section predetermination officials. I convey you. I convey you all.”

Harris besides confirmed her committedness to a peaceful transportation of power, stating that she had spoken with Trump to guarantee him of her afloat practice during the transition. “Earlier today, I spoke with president-elect Trump and congratulated him connected his victory. I besides told him that we volition assistance him and his squad with their modulation and that we volition prosecute successful a peaceful transportation of power,” Harris said, a crisp opposition to the contentious modulation aft Trump’s 2020 loss.

Although conceding the election, Harris made it wide that she would not concede the values and issues her run stood for, vowing to proceed the fight. “While I concede this election, I bash not concede the combat that fueled this campaign. The combat for freedom, for opportunity, for fairness, and the dignity of each people, a combat for the ideals astatine the bosom of our nation—the ideals that bespeak America astatine our best. That is simply a combat I volition ne'er springiness up.”

Harris assured supporters she would advocator for freedoms and protections beloved to galore Americans. “I volition ne'er springiness up the combat for a aboriginal wherever Americans tin prosecute their dreams, ambitions, and aspirations, wherever the women of America person the state to marque decisions astir their ain bodies without authorities interference. We volition ne'er springiness up the combat to support our schools and our streets from weapon violence. And America, we volition ne'er springiness up the combat for our democracy, for the regularisation of law, for adjacent justice, and for the ineffable thought that each 1 of us, nary substance who we are oregon wherever we commencement out, has definite cardinal rights and freedoms. That indispensable beryllium respected and upheld.”