@msnbc: “We will never know the internal strength needed by Vice President Kamala Harris to preside over the official certification of her own electoral defeat. On the anniversary of a Capitol rampage perpetrated by fans of the 45th and now 47th president, Harris fulfilled her duties with grace and with dignity,” senior contributing editor for MSNBC Michele Norris writes. “But it is not lost on me that Harris presided over the certification ceremony just two days after voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer received the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously at the White House.” “Hamer’s image is seared into national history as a Black female civil rights warrior who boldly challenged the status quo by demanding that she and other activists be recognized at the 1964 Democratic National Convention as members of the integrated Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.” “The messages then and now are similar. Keep going. Keep fighting. We have learned that democracy is fragile. It is not guaranteed. And we also know this: Democracy at its best is a verb.” Click the link to read more. #kamalaharris #fannielouhamer

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Tuesday 07 January 2025 21:14:00 GMT