When Kamala Harris, now the first female vice president of the United States, took the stage to greet the ecstatic crowd in Wilmington, Delaware, she smiled. And then he said, “When our own democracy was on the ballot in this election, with the soul of the United States at stake and the world watching, you ushered in a new day for America.”
Harris stood there in a white suit honoring the women’s suffrage movement with the sounds of Mary J. Blige. She is the first black woman and the first person of South Asian descent to be elected vice president of the United States.
While there, smiling, ushering in a “new day”; he knew he had broken through many glass barriers that have kept men, nearly all white, entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.
But Harris didn’t have to say much. Her lead song, “Work That” by Mary J. Blige, did it for her. It was the same song with which Kamala Harris walked off the stage of the Democratic National Convention after she became the first woman of color to be nominated for the presidential list of a major political party in American history.
“I heard you’ve been on the run, from the beautiful queen, who you could be becoming,” sings Mary J. Blige on “Work That.” “Just because the length of your hair is not long, And you are often criticized for your skin tone, I want to keep my head up, Because you are a pretty woman … Read the book of my life, And look at it. I have overcome “.
In her speech, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris paid tribute to her Indian mother who came to the United States at age 19. “That’s why I think of her and the generations of women, black women, Asian women, white women, Latina women, Native Americans. women, who throughout our nation’s history have paved the way for this moment tonight, ”he said. “Women who fought and sacrificed so much for equality, freedom and justice for all. Including black women who are often, too often, overlooked. Which often show that they are the backbone of our democracy. “
Echoing the same message from the song, Harris posted a powerful tweet before his speech. “While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last, because all the girls who watch tonight see that this is a country of possibilities,” she promised.
When he took the stage in Wilmington, Delaware, with Blige’s hit song, he sent a reminder again to all of us.
The wonderful and powerful entry has gone viral on social media and is called ‘Queen’ by many.
#KamalaHarris came out again to Mary J. Blige’s “Work That”. Here’s the lyrics: “Let them get mad / They’re going to hate anyway. Don’t you get that? / It doesn’t matter if you agree with their plan / They’ll never be happy because they’re not happy with themselves.” pic.twitter.com/srF8W6IRZg
– Joi-Marie (@joimariewrites) November 8, 2020
I love that Kamala Harris just went to Mary J Blige. What song is Joe going to come out to?
– Black lives still matter (@thatonequeen) November 8, 2020
Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden’s opening music was Bruce Springsteen’s “We Take Care of Our Own.”
In his victory speech, Joe Biden said, “I promise to be a president who seeks not to divide but to unify. Who does not see red states and blue states, only sees the United States. And work with all my heart. And I think that’s what America is all about. It’s about people and that’s what our administration will be about. I searched this office to restore the soul of America. To rebuild the backbone of this nation, the middle class, and make America respected around the world again. “
After Jackie Wilson left the stage ‘Higher and Higher’, they played ‘Higher Love’ by Kygo and Whitney Houston and ‘I Won’t Back Down’ by Tom Petty.
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