Democratic leaders are taking the excessive highway within the wake of Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat on the polls, however reminding Individuals that the struggle is way from over.
President Joe Biden addressed a grieving nation from the White Home Rose Backyard on Thursday, and stayed true to America’s democratic values.
“I’ll fulfill my oath. I will honor the Constitution. On Jan. 20th, we’ll have a peaceful transfer of power here in America”, Biden stated.
That is the primary presidential election because the Jan. sixth rebellion that then-President Donald Trump inspired as he tried to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election whereas claiming voter fraud. Thousands and thousands of Individuals are as soon as once more mourning the potential of America’s first girl president—together with the daunting actuality of Trump’s second time period within the White Home.
“You’re hurting. I hear you, and I see you,” Biden stated.
However he had a pep discuss for the disillusioned.
“Setbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable,” he stated. “We all get knocked down. But the measure of our character, as my dad would say, is how quickly we get back up. Remember, defeat does not mean we are defeated. We lost this battle. The America of your dreams is calling for you to get back up.”
Throughout her 12-minute concession speech at Howard College on Wednesday, Harris additionally inspired a peaceable switch of energy within the wake of her loss to Trump.
“We must accept the results of this election,” she stated.
She additionally had a message of resilience.
“Don’t you ever listen when anyone tells you something is impossible because it has never been done before,” stated Harris, the primary girl of shade to ascend as a nominee for president. “You have the capacity to do extraordinary good in the world. And so to everyone who is watching, do not despair. This is not a time to throw up our hands. This is a time to roll up our sleeves.”
Former President Barack Obama and first girl Michelle Obama posted a joint assertion on X on Wednesday that exuded grace.
“This is obviously not the outcome we had hoped for, given our profound disagreements with the Republican ticket on a whole host of issues,” they wrote. “But living in a democracy is about recognizing that our point of view won’t always win out, and being willing to accept the peaceful transfer of power.”
They praised Harris and her operating mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as “two extraordinary public servants who ran a remarkable campaign.”
Former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Invoice Clinton, additionally launched a joint assertion on X Wednesday.
“We wish them well and hope they will govern for all of us,” they stated about Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance. “We must remember that America is bigger than the results of any one election, and what we as citizens do now will make the difference between a nation that moves forward and one that falls back.”
“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart gave a hopeful, rousing speech to his viewers on election evening when it turned clear that Trump was going to win.
“We have to continue to fight and continue to work, day in and day out, to create the better society for our children, for this world, for this country, that we know is possible,” Stewart stated. “It’s possible.”
As painful as this election was for a lot of, this second calls not for despair, however dedication. And whereas leaders referred to as for energy and endurance, some Democratic voters felt compelled to precise their comprehensible anger and frustration.
“Americans chose a known, obvious fascist and now America will get whatever this wannabe dictator wants to enact from here on in,” The White Stripes musician Jack White posted on Instagram. “We all know what he is capable of: Project 2025, deportations, nationwide abortion ban, ending his own 2 term limit, backing Putin and his war, shutting down the Board of Education, adding to climate change, limiting LGBTQ rights, controlling the DOJ, keeping the minimum wage down, etc. etc. etc.”
Singer-songwriter Ethel Cain sounded an equally livid notice on her Tumblr web page.
“If you voted for Trump, I hope that peace never finds you,” she wrote. “Instead, I hope clarity strikes you someday like a clap of lightning and you have to live the rest of your life with the knowledge and guilt of what you’ve done and who you are as a person.”
