'Now we can work on being fricking pirates. We can work on being a thorn in the side to anyone who tries to turn this country into some tin pot tyranny" she drones on...
by telling them they now had a renewed sense of purpose in the wake of Kamala Harris.
'Apparently this is what we are on this earth to do as American citizens in this generation,' Maddow added. 'Because history did not just end, time did not just stop.
'We just got marching orders from the universe and the electoral college...
As of today, American citizens who do want to hold onto democracy we know what we're going to be spending the next days, weeks and even years of our life working on.'
The scenes were reminiscent although perhaps not as emotional as the speech she delivered in 2016 immediately after Trump's first win.