哈里斯在霍华德大学承认败选：承诺协助交接、和平移交权力
美国副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯（Kamala Harris）11月6日下午在位于华盛顿特区的霍华德大学（Howard University）发表讲话，正式承认在2024年总统选举中落败。霍华德大学是哈里斯的母校，也是她竞选团队选举夜的所在地；选举夜当晚她没有发表讲话，次日下午回到这里面对支持者。讲话于美东时间下午4时25分开始、4时37分结束。
哈里斯在讲话中说，她当天早些时候已与当选总统特朗普通话，祝贺他胜选，并告诉他自己和团队将协助他及其团队完成交接、进行和平的权力移交。她说：「我们必须接受这次选举的结果。」她表示，民主的一项基本原则是，输掉选举时就接受结果，这一原则把民主与君主制或暴政区分开来，任何寻求公众信任的人都必须遵守它。
她同时说：「我承认这次选举，但我不放弃推动这场竞选的奋斗。」她所说的奋斗包括为自由、机会、公平和所有人的尊严而战，为妇女自主决定自身事务的自由而战，为保护学校和街道免于枪支暴力而战，以及为民主、法治和平等正义而战。她说，这场奋斗将继续在投票站、在法庭、在公共广场进行，也将以更安静的方式体现在日常生活中。
哈里斯回顾了为期107天的竞选，感谢家人、拜登总统夫妇、竞选搭档明尼苏达州州长 Tim Walz 及其家人、竞选团队、志愿者、计票工作人员和地方选举官员。她对在场的年轻人说，感到悲伤和失望没有关系，重要的是永不放弃：「有时候，奋斗需要一些时间。这并不意味着我们不会赢。」
她在结尾引用一位历史学家的格言：只有在足够黑暗的时候，才能看到星星。她说，如果美国正进入一段黑暗时期，就让天空中布满亿万颗星星的光，那是乐观、信念、真理和服务的光。（来源：白宫）
Harris Concedes Election at Howard University, Pledges Peaceful Transfer of Power
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered remarks on the afternoon of November 6 at Howard University in Washington, D.C., formally conceding defeat in the 2024 presidential election. Howard University is Harris's alma mater and was the site of her campaign's election-night headquarters; she did not speak on election night and returned the following afternoon to address supporters. The remarks ran from 4:25 p.m. to 4:37 p.m. EST.
Harris said she had spoken earlier that day with President-elect Trump, congratulated him on his victory, and told him that she and her team would help him and his team with their transition and engage in a peaceful transfer of power. "We must accept the results of this election," she said, calling acceptance of election results a fundamental principle of American democracy that distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny and that anyone who seeks the public trust must honor.
She added: "While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign." That fight, she said, was for freedom, opportunity, fairness and the dignity of all people; for a future in which American women have the freedom to make decisions about their own bodies; to protect schools and streets from gun violence; and for democracy, the rule of law and equal justice. The fight would continue, she said, in the voting booth, in the courts and in the public square, and in quieter ways in everyday life.
Harris looked back on the 107 days of her campaign and thanked her family, President Biden and Dr. Biden, her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and his family, her team, volunteers, poll workers and local election officials. To the young people watching, she said it was okay to feel sad and disappointed, but the important thing was never to give up: "Sometimes the fight takes a while. That doesn't mean we won't win."
She closed by quoting an adage a historian once called a law of history: only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. If America was entering a dark time, she said, "let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant, brilliant billion of stars" -- the light of optimism, faith, truth and service. (Source: The White House)
来源：白宫
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图片来源：图：副总统哈里斯官方肖像（2021年3月4日，白宫官方摄影师 Lawrence Jackson 摄），公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。当日承认败选讲话的官方现场照片未获公开授权图源，故按本站口径以官方肖像配稿。 / Photo: Official portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris (March 4, 2021), by White House photographer Lawrence Jackson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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