Harris: ‘You Ushered In A New Day For America’

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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris delivers remarks Saturday night in Wilmington, Del.





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Speaking of her historic win, Harris said was thinking about her immigrant mother and generations of Black women and other women of color who had paved the way for her. Harris is the first woman, first Black person and first Asian American to be elected vice president.

Biden, she said, «had the audacity to break one of the most substantial barriers … and select a woman as his vice president, she said to honks and cheers. «But while I will be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last.



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She wore a white suit, a nod to suffragists who fought for women’s right to vote a century ago.

And while she didn’t mention the coronavirus by name, she said, «I know times have been challenging, especially the last several months … but we have also witnessed your courage, referring to the pandemic that has killed nearly a quarter million Americans.

Despite that, she said, «you voted, and you delivered a clear message: You chose hope.

Introducing Biden at the event, Harris praised him as a man with purpose, a big heart — «a healer, a uniter, a tested and steady hand.