In a rare appearance after his defeat during the presidential election in November, the former vice-president and potential candidate for governor Kamala Harris decreed on Thursday the decline in fundamental rights under President Trump urged people to prioritize personal care and undertake to remain active in the fight to protect constitutional protection.
“We cannot go there and fight if we do not take care of ourselves and ourselves,” she said at a national conference of black women, including business owners and politicians, in a seaside resort in Dana Point. “I will see you there. I’m not going anywhere. “
Harris is expected to decide by the end of the summer, if it is necessary to enter the 2026 race for the Governor of California to replace the supposed governor Gavin Newsom. If it takes place, this would shake a competition that already has eminent democratic candidates.
Although she did not approach the race for the governor during her eight -minute remarks, Harris suggested that she planned to remain politically active following her loss against Trump in November.
She has largely avoided political appearances since the loss of the 2024 elections. She met firefighters and volunteers in Altadena a few hours after attending the inauguration of Trump and approached Trump administration policies when she accepted a NAACP prize in February.
The appearance of Harris on Thursday was a surprise for around 100 women who frequent the gathering defined by women. When she entered the room, they jumped on their feet, which applauded, applauded and waved towels in the air. Among the participants were the former mayor of Atlanta, Keisha launches Bottoms, who would have thought about a race for the Governor of Georgia and was approved to be Joe Biden’s running mate in 2020.
Shorty before Harris appeared during the rally, the leader of the group was talked about significant moments during their conversations at lunchtime. A woman sitting next to Lance Bottoms said that Georgia arises for the governor and urged her participating colleagues to hold fundraising for her. While the crowd rose in a standing ovation, the spearfies appeared overcome by emotion, placing his head in his hands.
A few moments later, Harris noted that she had attended one of the group’s events in 2016 and that the nation is now in a very different place. Before becoming vice-president, Harris was a prosecutor of the San Francisco district and California attorney general, and was also elected to the American Senate.
“Our commitment to get up for each other, to raise our community, to raise our country has not changed,” said Harris. “Now, which has changed since 2016: we are seeing the progress falling back. The policies we have born are canceled. “
Although Harris did not mention Trump by name, she clearly referred to the setbacks of protections for minorities, women, the LGBTQ + community among others in his remarks. She also mentioned that people and organizations remain silent and “capitulating” to the administration, a notable language because the law firm of her husband earlier this week was the last to conclude an agreement with the Trump administration and to comply with the policies of the president.
“There is a feeling of fear that settles in our country, and I understand it,” said Harris. “These are the things we are witnessing every day in recent months in our country, and it naturally creates a great feeling of fear. Because, you know, there were a lot of things we knew, a lot. ”
In her most sharp public remarks since the elections, she alluded to such concerns being the foundation of her presidential campaign in 2024.
“I’m not here to say,” I told you, “she said, smiling largely, and the crowd roars. “I swore that I was not going to say that.”
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