WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged on Tuesday Democrats' disappointment in her failed bid for the White House, but urged supporters not to walk away from upcoming political battles.
Harris, who has kept a low profile in the weeks since her Nov. 5 loss to Republican Donald Trump and Democrats' loss of control of both houses of Congress, told a conference of young adults that the fight for equality, rights and a fair economy must go on.
"Many people have come up to me telling me they feel tired, maybe even resigned," Harris said at Prince George's Community College, in Largo, Maryland.
"Folks have said to me that they're not sure whether they have the strength, much less the desire, to stay in the fight. But let me be clear: No one can walk away. No one can walk away. We must say in the fight, every one of us."
Democrats are agonizing over the Nov. 5 election results, which saw Harris lose all seven battleground states, the Electoral College vote and the popular vote to Trump.
Harris did not address her own future, including the possibility of a 2026 bid to be governor of her home state of California or another presidential run in 2028.