Harris Remarks on Election Results
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Summary
Learn English with the Vice President-elect of the United States,Cameron Harris. In this speech, she talks about her experience in the aftermath of the 2016 election, and how she and her husband Doug Walz are so grateful for all of the support they received.
Transcript
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Excuse me guys, excuse me, excuse me, I just want to see, hey, guys, yeah, they're labeled,
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they have your own, Reuters, Getty, APE, Getty, Getty, Getty, Getty, Getty, Getty, Getty,
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And she was like, you know, everybody was always great to hear her do that.
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And she was just like, you know, with so much fun.
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But then, after I had a map, I didn't know how to do that.
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Can we get a medic right behind the DJ booth?
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I'm going to play the body right, the body right, so I'm like a me, I'm going to fight
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until I need you now, because I'm turning, going tonight, and I'll sit, but you said
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that I'm right, I just want to be ready to dance, if we deserve a ride, talk about
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the memory, I've ever made in my life, I'm ready to dance, I'm ready to dance, I'm ready
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to dance, I'm ready to dance, I'm ready to dance, I'm ready to dance, I'm ready to dance,
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Please welcome the Vice President of the United States,
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Good afternoon everyone, good afternoon, good afternoon, good afternoon, good afternoon.
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Thank you all, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
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So let me say, and I love you back, and I love you back.
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My heart is full today, full of gratitude for the trust you have placed in me, full
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The outcome of this election is not what we wanted,
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the light of America's promise will always burn bright.
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As long as we never give up, and as long as we keep fighting.
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To my beloved Doug and our family, I love you so very much.
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To President Biden and Dr. Biden, thank you for your faith and support.
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To Governor Walz and the Walz family, I know your service to our nation will continue.
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And to my extraordinary team, to the volunteers who gave so much of themselves,
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to the poll workers and the local election officials,
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Look, I am so proud of the race we ran and the way we ran it and the way we ran it over
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We have been intentional about building community and building coalitions, bringing people together
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united by love of country with enthusiasm and joy
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that we all have so much more in common than what separates us.
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But we must accept the results of this election.
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Earlier today, I spoke with President-elect Trump
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and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.
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is that when we lose an election, we accept the results.
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distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny.
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And anyone who seeks the public trust must honor it.
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My allegiance to all three is why I am here to say, while I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign.
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the fight the fight for freedom for opportunity for fairness and the dignity of all people
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a fight for the ideals at the heart of our nation the ideals that reflect america at our best
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I will never give up the fight for a future where Americans can pursue their dreams, ambitions,
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and aspirations, where the women of America have the freedom to make decisions about their
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own body and not have their government telling them what to do.
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We will never give up the fight to protect our schools and our streets from gun violence.
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And America, we will never give up the fight for our democracy, for the rule of law, for
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equal justice and for the sacred idea that every one of us, no matter who we are or where
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we start out, has certain fundamental rights and freedoms that must be respected and upheld.
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we will continue to wage this fight in the voting booth,
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by treating one another with kindness and respect,
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by looking in the face of a stranger and seeing a neighbor,
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by always using our strength to lift people up to fight for the dignity that all people deserve.
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The fight for our freedom will take hard work, but like I always say, we like hard work.
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hard work is good work hard work can be joyful work and the fight for our country is always
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Don't ever stop trying to make the world a better place.
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You have the capacity to do extraordinary good in the world.
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And so to everyone who is watching, do not despair.
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this is a time to organize to mobilize and to stay engaged for the sake of freedom and justice
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and the future that we all know we can build together look many of you know i started out as
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a prosecutor and throughout my career i saw people at some of the worst times in their lives
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people who had suffered great harm and great pain and yet found within themselves the strength
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and the courage and the resolve to take the stand to take a stand to fight for justice
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to fight for themselves to fight for others so let their courage be our inspiration
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let their determination be our charge and i'll close with this there's an adage
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and historian once called a law of history. True of every society across the ages. The adage is
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only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. I know many people feel like we are entering a
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America, if it is, let us fill the sky with the light
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of a brilliant, brilliant billion of stars, the
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truth and service and made that work guide us even in the face of setbacks toward the
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the extraordinary promise of the United States of America.
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And may God bless the United States of America.
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What if I've been true, I'm worried, I'm worried, I'll look at it all, tell the sweet I'm new, I'm telling these tears go far away, far away, may the last one burn into the flames.
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Freedom, freedom, I came with you, freedom, cut me loose, freedom, freedom, where are you, cause I need freedom too, I break chains up on myself, when they're my freedom right in hell, hey, I'm a killer one, cause the women don't quit on themselves.
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