On election night 2024, when early voting reports started coming in depicting popular votes and electoral votes for state after state going red instead of blue, a dejected Kamala Harris left her watch party at her alma mater, Howard University in Washington D.C. without making a statement of any kind. Supporters at the watch party were seen leaving the scene quietly, with many wiping away their tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday though, Harris, still the U.S. Vice-President for the next few months, congratulated President-Elect Donald Trump via telephone, did concede the election, and returned to Howard University at 4 p.m. to make an emotionally charged concession speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Highlights of her speech include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nEarlier today, I spoke with President-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory. I also told him that we will help him and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results. That principle, as much as any other, distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny. And anyone who seeks the public trust must honor it. At the same time, in our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the Constitution of the United States …<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will never give up the fight for a future where Americans can pursue their dreams, ambitions, and aspirations. Where the women of America have the freedom to make decisions about their own body and not have their government telling them what to do. We will never give up the fight to protect our schools and our streets from gun violence. And 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 every one of us, no matter who we are or where we start out, has certain fundamental rights and freedoms that must be respected and upheld.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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You can see her complete concession speech below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n