Kamala Harris Concedes Election Loss to Donald Trump, But Vows to Fight On

Washington: Conceding her defeat in elections to president-elect Donald Trump , Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday showed a combative mood by saying that she will t concede fight that fuelled her presidential election campaign.

“While I concede this election, I do t concede fight that fuels this campaign,” Harris told thousands of her supporters at Howard University in Washington DC.

“This is a time to organise, to mobilise and to stay engd for sake of freedom and justice and future that we all kw, we can build toger,” Harris said in her remarks as she told her supporters that earlier in day, she called Trump to congratulate him on his electoral victory.

During call, she said, she promised a peaceful transition of power. She ted that re is disappointment among her supporters.

“I get it, but we must accept results of this election. I also told him that we will help him and that we will eng in a peaceful transfer of power, a fundamental principle of American democracy,” she said.

mood at rally was incredibly sombre. crowd of what appeared to number several thousand was very quiet. Harris campaign aides stood to one side of st as she spoke and exchanged hugs, including Jen O’Malley Dillon, David Plouffe, and Brian Fallon.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser were seen conversing in crowd. Several of Harris’s younger family members were wiping away tears as y left rally.

vice president soon went into a combative mood cautioning that she and her supporters would continue to fight for issue that y have been fighting for.

“In our nation, we owe loyalty t to a president or a party, but to Constitution of United States, and loyalty to our conscience and to our God…that is why I am here to say, while I concede this election, I do t concede fight that fuels this campaign,” Harris said.

vice president said she will never give up fight for a future where Americans can pursue ir dreams, ambitions and aspirations, where women of America have freedom to make decisions about ir own body and t have ir government telling m what to do.

“We will never give up fight for our democracy, for rule of law, for equal justice, and for sacred idea that every one of us, matter who we are or where we start out, has certain fundamental rights and freedoms that must be respected and upheld,” Harris said.

Harris said it is okay to feel s and disappointed, but please kw it’s going to be okay. “On campaign, I would also say, when we fight, we win. But here’s thing, sometimes fight takes a lot. That doesn’t mean we won’t win. That doesn’t mean we won’t win,” she said.

“ important thing is, don’t ever give up. Don’t ever give up. Don’t ever stop trying to make world a better place. You have power. Don’t you ever listen when anyone tells you something is impossible because it has never been done before. You have capacity to do extraordinarily good in world, and so to everyone who is watching, do t despair. This is t a time to throw up our hands,” she said.

“This is a time to organise, to mobilise and to stay engd for sake of freedom and justice and future that we all kw we can build toger,” Harris said.