[Applause] good afternoon good afternoon thank you all thank you thank you thank you thank you so let me say and I love you back and I love you back so let me say my heart is full today my heart is full today full of gratitude for the trust you have placed in me full of love for our country and full of resolve the outcome of this election is not what we wanted not what we fought for not what we voted for but hear me when I say hear me when I say the light of America's
promise will always burn bright as long as we never give up and as long as we keep fighting to my beloved Doug and our family I love you so very much to President Biden and Dr Biden thank you for your faith and support to Governor walls and the Walls family I know your service to our nation will continue and to my extraordinary team to the volunteers who gave so much of [Music] themselves to the poll workers and the local election officials I thank you I thank you all look I am so proud of the race
we ran and the way we ran it and the way we ran it over the 107 days of this campaign we have been intentional about building community and building coalitions bringing people together from every walk Walk of Life and background United by love of country with enthusiasm and joy in our fight for America's future and we did it with the knowledge that we all have so much more in common than what separates us now I know folks are feeling and experiencing a range of emotions right now I get it but we must accept the results
of this election earlier today I spoke with president- elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory I also told him that we will help him and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power a fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election we accept the results that Principle as much as any other distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny and anyone who seeks the public trust must honor it at the same time in our nation we owe loyal y not to a president or a
party but to the Constitution of the United States and loyalty to our conscience and to our God my allegiance to all three is why I am here to say while I concede this election I do not concede the fight that that fueled this campaign the fight the fight for freedom for opportunity for fairness and the Dignity of all people a fight for the ideals at the heart of our nation the ideals that reflect America at our best that is a fight I will never give up I will never give up the fight for a future
where Americans can pursue their dreams Ambitions and aspirations where the women of America have the freedom to make decisions about their own body and not have their government telling them what to do we will never give up the fight to protect our schools and our streets from gun violence and America we will never give up the fight for our democracy for the rule of law for Equal justice and for the sacred idea that everyone of us no matter who we are or where we start out has certained fundamental rights and freedoms that must be respected
and upheld and we will continue to wage this fight in the voting booth in the courts and in the Public Square and we will also wage it in quieter ways in how we live our lives by treating one another with kindness and respect by looking in the face of a stranger and seeing a neighbor by always using our strength to lift people up to fight for the dignity that all people deserve the fight for our freedom will take hard work but like I always say we like hard work hard work is good work hard work
can be joyful work and the fight for our country is always worth it it is always worth it to the young people who are watching it is I love you to the young people who are watching it is okay to feel sad and disappointed but please know it's going to be okay on the campaign I would often say when we fight we win but here's the thing here's the thing sometimes the fight takes a while that doesn't mean we won't win 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 you have power you have power and don't you ever listen when anyone tells you something is impossible because it has never been done before 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 this is a time to organize to mobilize and to stay engaged for the sake of freedom and Justice and the
future that we all know we can build together look many of you know I started out as a prosecutor and throughout my career I saw people at some of the worst times in their lives people who had suffered great harm and great pain and yet found within themselves the strength and the courage and the resolve to take the stand to take a stand to fight for justice to fight for themselves to fight for others so let their courage be our inspiration let their determination be our charge and I'll close with this there's an adage and
historian once called a law of History true of every society across the ages the adage is only when it is dark enough can you see the stars I know many people feel like we are entering a dark time but for the benefit of us all I hope that is not the case but here's the thing America if it is let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant brilliant billion of stars the light the light of optimism of faith of Truth and service [Applause] hu and may that work guide us even in the
face of setbacks toward the extraordinary promise of the United States of America I thank you all may God bless you and may God bless the United States of America I thank you all thank you thank you
