Kamala Harris' inspiring speech during her Town Hall event

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KAMALA HARRIS: Let me, if I can, just speak to what people are feeling. We cannot despair, we cannot despair. You know, the nature of a democracy is such that I think there's a duality. On the one hand, there's an incredible strength when our democracy is intact, an incredible strength in what it does to protect the freedoms and rights of its people. There's great strength in that, and it is very fragile. It is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it.

And so that's the moment we're in. And I say, do not despair because in a democracy, as long as we can keep it, the people, every individual, has the power to make a decision about what this will be. So let's not feel powerless. Let's not let the overwhelming nature of all this make us feel powerless, because then we have been defeated, and that's not our character as the American people. We are not ones to be defeated.

We rise to a moment, and we stand on broad shoulders of people who have fought this fight before for our country. In many ways, let us look at the challenge we are being presented with and not be overwhelmed by it. The baton is now in our hands to fight for, not against, but for this country we love. That's what we have the power to do.

So let's own that, dare I say, be joyful in what we will do in the process of owning that, which is knowing that we can and will build community and coalitions and remind people that we're all in this together. Let's not let the overwhelming nature of this strip us of our strength.

That's how I feel about this. No, that's our program.