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When the camera panned to the audience of Vice President Kamala Harris’ concession speech Wednesday, many of her supporters were literally weeping. Had cameras been able to peer into homes around the country, they probably would have found plenty of tears there, too.
“Sometimes the fight takes a while,” the defeated 2024 Democratic presidential nominee said as she wrapped up her remarks, perhaps with these very people in mind. “That doesn’t mean we won’t win. The important thing is, don’t ever give up. Don’t ever give up. Don’t ever stop trying to make the world a better place.”
The plea had a certain poignance, coming as it did from the second woman in a decade to run for the presidency and lose to Donald Trump. It was also delivered in a very different context than Hillary Clinton’s 2016 concession to the Republican. Trump has become more extreme in the intervening…
