BLACK
BLACK WOMEN, ASIAN, WHITE, LATINO, NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY
HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR THIS
MOMENT.
TONIGHT.
MOMENT. TONIGHT. TODAY IS A HISTORIC DAY AND NOT
JUST BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW THE MAN
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE SECOND IN COMMAND IS CARVING
HER OWN PATH IN HERSTORY JOY
SHERROD THING.
IT'S SUCH A RELIEF TO LOSE
WEIGHT ON OUR SHOULDER.
THE EXPLOSION OF EXCITEMENT
RIPPLED ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM
COAST TO COAST AND THE STREETS
OF COLUMBUS.
I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AND FOUR
DOWN ABSOLUTELY SHOWS.
THEIR PATH IS ENDLESS.
IT'S ABOUT TIME.
IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WOMEN'S
VOICES ORDER.
IT'S ABOUT TIME WOMEN'S VOICES
WILL BE AMPLIFIED IN A WAY THEY
NEVER HAVE BEEN BEFORE.
VISE PRESIDENT ELECT KAMALA
HARRIS IS CARVING THE PATH AS
THE FIRST EVER FEMALE V.P., THE
FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HOLD THAT
OFFICE AND THE FIRST SOUTH ASIAN
IN THAT ROLE.
OH, MY GOD, THAT'S SO AWESOME.
I HAVE GRANDDAUGHTERS.
IT'S OK AND GIVEN THEM HOPE THAT
ONE DAY THEY CAN DO.
WE MET ONE MAN IN THE CROWD WHO
SAID HE WAS FROM THE SAME
HOMETOWN IN INDIA AS KAMALA
HARRIS AS FAMILY.
SHE'S VERY PROUD OF THE HARRISS
NFL VISE PRESIDENT AND SHE WANTS
TO FOLLOW HER.
AND FOR WOMEN WHO ALREADY HAVE
FOLLOWED A PATH TO POLITICS AND
LEADERSHIP, THIS DAY HAS BEEN A
LONGTIME COMING.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT ALL THE
HARD WORK PAYS OFF AND IT'S GOOD
THAT WE CAN NOW SEE THAT AND
GIVES US SOMETHING TO ATTAIN TO
.
SO I THINK THAT SHE WILL BECOME
,YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE
UNDOUBTED FIGURES IN THE HISTORY
OF AMERICA FROM THIS POINT ON.
IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THE
COUNTRY ITS FACT IS GREAT
BECAUSE OF OUR DIVERSITY.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE VALUE ADD TO
EVERY YOUNG WOMAN AND EVEN YOUNG
BOY SEES THAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS
LIKE A BLACK SOUTH ASIAN WOMAN
THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT IT IS OUR DIVERSITY THAT
MAKES US SUCH WONDERFUL COUNTRY
.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE SHOULD EMBRACE AND ENCOURAGE
.
AND I JUST REALLY LOOK AT YOUNG
GIRLS ESPECIALLY CONTINUE TO
HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF
THEMSELVES THAT IF PEOPLE HERE
TO DO IT, THEY CAN DO IT, TOO.
WELL, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
VISE PRESIDENT ELECT KAMALA
HARRIS HAS MADE HISTORY.
SHE ALSO WAS THE FIRST BLACK
FEMALE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR
CALIFORNIA AND ONLY THE SECOND
BLACK WOMAN EVER ELECTED TO THE
U.S. SENATE.
WELL, SENATOR HARRISS BECOMING
VISE PRESIDENT ELECT IS CLEARLY
A BIG DEAL FOR MANY PEOPLE,
INCLUDING CONGRESSWOMAN JOYCE
BEATTY R YOLANDA HARRISS SPOKE
WITH HER EARLIER TODAY AND SHE
SHARED HER HOPES FOR WOMEN OF
COLOR.
WITH THIS PROJECTED WIN, KAMALA
HARRIS IS A FRIEND AND A
COLLEAGUE AND WE JUST DID A HUGE
EVENT FOR HER WITH ABOUT 70
WOMEN RIGHT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT
IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.
DID AN EVENT TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT
FOR THE FIRST WOMAN, ITS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND
ASIAN-AMERICAN.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE VISE
PRESIDENT.
IT WAS EMOTIONAL.
IT WAS JOY.
IT WAS THAT WE CAN NOW HAVE A
CHANGE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR SENIORS.
WE CAN FOCUS ON A REAL PLAN FOR
KOBE AT 19.
AND WE ALSO SPOKE TO FORMER
COLUMBUS MAYOR MICHAEL COLEMAN.
THE FORMER MAYOR SEEMS HAPPY
WITH AMERICA'S DECISION AND SAYS
HE LOOKS FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT
THE NEW WHITE HOUSE TEAM CAN
ACCOMPLISH.
THERE ARE PEOPLE, CHARACTER
VALUES, BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY AND
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO GET
THINGS DONE.
AND I KNOW JOE AND I KNOW THE
SENATOR WILL BOTH WORK WELL
TOGETHER TO DO JUST THAT.
I'M SO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY.
I'M OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE WE HAVE
NEW LEADERS THAT WILL BRING
THEIR CHARACTER, THE VALUES,
TRUTH AND HONESTY TO THEIR JOBS
.
BUT I THINK THE PUBLIC IS SO
TIRED OF THE LIES AND THE