The defeated Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris has aligned with her Supporters to express disappointment at the outcome of the Presidential Election.
In a defiant concession speech, Kamala Harris, who is the current US Vice President urged her supporters to accept the outcome and “keep fighting” for their ideas.
She promised that the Biden administration will cooperate with Donald Trump, the President-elect to ensure a peaceful transfer of power.
While congratulating Trump, Harris said that honoring election results was what “distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny. Anyone who seeks the public trust must honor it.
Addressing a cheering crowd of her supporters, Harris urged them to keep their bitter disappointment with Trump’s victory aside and be hopeful of the future.
“We must accept the results of this election. Earlier today, I spoke with President-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory,” Harris said in a speech at her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington.
“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.”
“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, and loyalty to our conscience, and to our God,” she added.
“The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for, but hear me when I say that the light of America’s promise will always burn bright as long as we never give up and as long as we keep fighting,” she said.
“I know many people feel like we are entering a dark time. But for the benefit of us all, I hope that is not the case,” she said.
“But here’s the thing: America, if it is, let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant, brilliant billion stars, the light — the light of optimism, of faith, of truth and service,” Harris said.