Image Source : AP ‘We will stand up. This is American aspiration,’ says Vice President Kamala Harris
In her first remarks to the nation as US Vice President, Kamala Harris has highlighted “American aspiration” and underlined that President Joe Biden has summoned the folks to look past disaster and aspire to unite.
Harris, 56, made historical past on Wednesday when she was sworn in as the primary feminine, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president. The former senator was sworn in simply earlier than Biden took the oath of workplace to turn out to be the forty sixth US President.
“In some ways this second embodies our character as a nation. It demonstrates who we’re, even in darkish instances. We, not solely dream, we do. We not solely see what has been, we see what will be.
“We shoot for the moon, and then we plant our flag on it. We are bold, fearless and ambitious. We are undaunted, in our belief that we shall overcome, that we will rise up. This is American aspiration,” Harris stated outdoors the Lincoln Memorial.
She cited the accomplishments of President Abraham Lincoln in the course of the Civil War, who “saw a better future and built it with land grant colleges, and the transcontinental railroad.”
She additionally highlighted how Martin Luther King Jr. fought for racial and financial justice. Harris stated an important experiment, takes nice dedication. The will to do the work after which the knowledge to maintain refining, maintain tinkering, maintain perfecting. The identical dedication is being realised in America as we speak, Harris famous.
“I see it within the scientists who’re reworking the longer term. I see it within the mother and father who’re nurturing generations to come back and within the innovators, the educators, in everybody, in all places who’s constructing a greater life for themselves, their households and their communities.
“This too is American aspiration. This is what President Joe Biden has called upon us to summon now. The courage to see beyond crisis, to do what is hard, to do what is good, to unite, to believe in ourselves, believe in our country, believe in what we can do together,” Harris stated.
Prior to taking the oath on the US Capitol, Harris paid tribute to the ladies who she says got here earlier than her. “I stand on their shoulders,” she stated in a video.
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