Tonight, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris addressed the nation in Wilmington, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden (opens in new tab). For the occasion, Harris—who will be the first woman to hold the office of Vice President of the United States, as well as the first vice president who is (opens in new tab)Black and of South Asian descent, (opens in new tab) making history—wore all white, a nod to the suffragette movement.
In the early 1900s, the suffragettes wore white (opens in new tab) to attend marches, and recently many women politicians have worn the color as a political statement. In 2019, several freshman congresswomen including Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Madeleine Dean, and Ilhan Omar wore white suits (opens in new tab) to their swearing-in ceremony, and Hillary Clinton wore white during her run for president in 2016 as well as to (opens in new tab)Donald Trump's inauguration (opens in new tab)—quite the message.
"While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last," Harris said in her address as hundreds in the crowd cheered. "Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities."
"Dream with ambition," she said to all the little girls watching. "Lead with conviction, and see yourselves in a way that others may not simply because they've never seen it before. But know that we will applaud you every step of the way."
The vice-president elect wore what appears to be Tory Burch's white silk bow blouse (opens in new tab) under her white suit, which is reportedly (opens in new tab) Carolina Herrera (opens in new tab).
In her speech, Harris thanked the poll workers who worked tirelessly over the last few days, and, of course, the people who turned up to vote. "For four years you marched and organized for equality and justice, for our lives and for our planet. And then you voted. And you delivered a clear message: You chose hope and unity, decency, science, and yes, truth. You chose Joe Biden as the next President of the United States of America."
“While I may be the first women in this office, I will not be the last”Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman elected as US vice-president, telling “every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities”https://t.co/fVQ13KG8wT pic.twitter.com/cVwPlX4W4ENovember 8, 2020
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