Harris urges supporters to 'never give up the fight for our democracy' in concession
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🗓️ 6 November 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Well, Vice President Harris' concession speech today reflected on her World Win campaign and left |
| 0:06.8 | her voters with a message of hope and faith in democracy. |
| 0:11.5 | Earlier today, I spoke with President-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory. |
| 0:17.2 | 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. |
| 0:27.6 | A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results. |
| 0:35.6 | That principle, as much as any other, |
| 0:39.3 | distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny, |
| 0:44.3 | and anyone who seeks the public trust must honor it. |
| 0:49.3 | At the same time, in our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the |
| 1:01.0 | Constitution of the United States. |
| 1:08.0 | And loyalty to our conscience and to our God. |
| 1:11.6 | My allegiance to all three is why I am here to say, |
| 1:19.6 | while I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign. |
| 1:34.5 | The fight, the fight for freedom, for opportunity, for fairness, and the dignity of all people. |
| 1:50.0 | A fight for the ideals at the heart of our nation, the ideals that reflect America at our best. |
| 1:55.0 | That is a fight. I will never give up. |
| 1:58.0 | Our Laura Barone Lopez was at Harris's watch party last night. |
| 2:02.8 | She's been following the Democratic reaction since the party's decisive loss in this election. |
| 2:08.0 | She joins me now. Laura, good to see you here. Good to be here. So tell us more about that concession |
| 2:12.9 | speech. What was Harris's message directly to the Americans who voted for her? |
| 2:16.6 | Vice President Harris returned to Howard, where her watch party was last night. |
| 2:21.0 | And she nodded to the fear and the anxiety that many Americans who voted for her are feeling, |
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