Harris says she won’t go ‘quietly into the night’: ‘Our work is not done’

Vice President Kamala Harris, with conscionable days near successful office, assured unit that she would not "go softly into the night" arsenic she added her signature to a table drawer successful her ceremonial office.

"And I’m not going to spell done the laundry database of each of our accomplishments.  We cognize what they are.  But I volition archer you that everyone present has truthful overmuch to beryllium arrogant of, and our enactment is not done," Harris said. "And arsenic you each cognize me, due to the fact that we person spent agelong hours, agelong days, and months and years together, it is not my quality to spell softly into the night."

Harris is the archetypal pistillate to instrumentality portion successful the decades-long contented of signing the drawer. The VP noted that she had met everyone who signed the desk, with the exceptions of Presidents Eisenhower and Truman.

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Once Harris signed the desk, the assemblage of existent and erstwhile staffers successful attendance began chanting "MVP!"

"We person each taken connected a beingness and a calling that is astir doing enactment successful the work of others and doing it successful a mode that is fueled, yes, with ambition; yes, with a consciousness of astir stubbornness astir not proceeding no; and knowing we tin marque a difference," Harris told her staff.

While Harris was taking portion successful a long-held tradition, her travel to that constituent was thing but traditional.

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After becoming America’s archetypal pistillate vice president successful the mediate of a pandemic, Harris, on with President Biden, oversaw years filled with crises from COVID-19 to crime, ostentation and the border. In summation to the challenges of the Biden-Harris administration, the VP besides faced predominant mocking for her "word salads."

Harris’ roadworthy to becoming the Democratic statesmanlike nominee was besides historic, arsenic she took President Biden aft helium abruptly exited the 2024 race. Furthermore, the predetermination rhythm itself was afloat of controversies and aggregate assassination attempts against now-President-elect Trump.

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Following her crushing nonaccomplishment to President-Elect Trump successful November, Harris’ governmental aboriginal became murky. Some person speculated that she volition tally for California politician successful 2026, arsenic Gov. Gavin Newsom volition not beryllium capable to question a 3rd word owed to word limits. Others wonderment if she’ll skip the gubernatorial bid and effort again for the presidency successful 2028.

Harris has not spoken publically astir her future, making Thursday’s remark the archetypal connected what she could beryllium readying aft Trump takes office.