Kamala Harris delivered her speech after calling on Trump to recognize his victory “and congratulate him.” During his appearance at Howard University in Washington DC, he pledged to collaborate on a “peaceful” transfer of power, exactly what the former president refused to achieve in 2020 after losing to Joe Biden . The American president himself spoke this Wednesday with Trump, whom he invited to meet him at the White House. Biden will also make a statement this Thursday on the outcome of Tuesday’s election.
“The outcome is not what we wanted,” Harris said: “It’s not what we fought for and voted for, but the light of America’s extraordinary promise will always shine.” . Let’s never give up and keep fighting. I know there are a lot of emotions right now, but we have to accept the results of this election, it’s the difference between us and a monarchy or a tyranny. “We are all loyal to the U.S. Constitution, not to one party or the president.”
Harris continued: “I’m here to say that I consider the election lost, but not the fight that fueled our campaign. The fight for freedom, for opportunity, for justice, for the dignity of all, for the ideas that are at the heart of our nation: I will never stop fighting for a future in which the United States can fight for their aspirations.
It’s been 92 days since Harris was named the Democratic nominee in place of Biden. The twist in the scenario with Harris before the electoral ticket gave hope to the party and raised the numbers in a poll that had just sunk after the disastrous battle of Biden against Trump on CNN. Even though Harris managed to revive a campaign that seemed lost, the results at the polls were not up to par.
Harris lost the blue wall (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan) that Bien managed to win back in 2016. He also failed to hold Georgia and it doesn’t appear he will hold Arizona or Nevada, according to the latest projections from the Associated Press. Of the seven projected swing states in this election, Harris lost in all of them. Amid the party’s internal crisis, Biden, increasingly reclusive, once assured that he alone was capable of defeating Trump.
“Women have the right to make decisions about our bodies,” the vice president said, “and to continue the fight for our schools and gun-free streets.” We will not give up the fight for democracy, the rule of law and equality. There are rights and freedoms that must be respected and defended, and we will continue to lead this fight, at the polls, in the streets and in the courts. This is not the time to give up, but to roll up our sleeves, to organize, to mobilize, to commit to freedom, justice and the future that we can build together. It’s only when it’s dark that you see the stars. I know many think we are entering a dark world, but let us feel the sky with the brightness of millions of stars, the light of optimism, faith and service, and let this work guide us towards the promise of the United States. ”
