In concession speech, Harris urges supporters to ‘keep fighting’

Defeated Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris urges her supporters to “keep fighting” as she publicly acknowledged her loss to Donald Trump for the first time.

“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 tells supporters.

She pledges to “help” Trump with the presidential transition, and tells supporters “we must accept the results.”

“While I concede this election,” she says, “I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign.”

“I will never give up a fight for a future where Americans can pursue their dreams ambitions and aspirations,” she says. America, she adds, “will never give up the fight for our democracy.”

“We will continue to wage this fight in the voting booth, in the courts and in the public square,” Harris said, a nod to the work Democrats are poised to do in the next four years.

Harris specifically calls out the young people she sought to organize, acknowledging the loss may hurt but that the work is not over.

“Sometimes the fight takes a while. That doesn’t mean we won’t win. The important thing is don’t ever give up,” she said. “Don’t ever stop trying to make the world a better place.”