Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday night the Democratic Party must embrace “leaders who have moral conviction and know how to fight” in a speech at the Louisiana Democratic Party’s annual fundraising gala that focused on affordability and the party’s future.

“As I travel the country, people are saying ‘we want our leaders to fight,'” the former 2024 presidential nominee told hundreds of attendees. “And in this fight, I say we start by getting comfortable with some things, including having a certain kind of ruthlessness,” she said.