Kamala Harris

And what I also hope to do with the book is just lift up the hood on it so people can see how it runs.

And in a way that if it's for a journalist, if it's for a high school student, if it's for someone's grandmother, to confirm or enlighten around what people think it is in a way that they can see themselves in their own power.

You know?

And that does require demystifying it.

And I guess part of demystifying is, yeah, like I'm not going to hold on to, oh, this kind of thing should not be talked about.

No, I don't regret running.

I wish we had more time.

I truly wish we had more time.

I truly wish we had more time.

I don't regret running.

Probably because, you know, one of the things that happened, and to this day, men and women, girls and boys come up to me and say there was something about that campaign that excited something in them.

I can't tell you the number of people who have come up to me and said, I decided to run for office because you ran.

The number of people who have come up to me and said, I decided to go to law school because you inspired me.

The number of people who have told me about their young children who saw something and got excited about it and wanted to be a part of it, I don't regret any of that.

I absolutely believe that we turned something on.

In fact, I'm going to say this differently because it's not like people didn't have it in them.

They had it in them.

But there was something that those 107 days did to welcome, to invite, to grow the optimism and, dare I say, the joy that people do carry with them.

And what I hope to do with my voice right now is to remind everyone that

Please don't let your spirit be defeated.