WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris urged Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon to forfeit the 2024 presidential election, according to a senior Harris adviser.
During the call, the Democratic presidential candidate discussed “the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and the importance of a president for all Americans,” the senior adviser said.
Harris will deliver a concession speech to her supporters at Howard University in Washington, DC at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
The college was also the site of her election watch party on Tuesday night, which quickly turned sombre after her path to the White House narrowed as the southern battleground states of North Carolina and Georgia turned to Trump.
Harris, who was originally expected to attend her own election night party, never arrived on campus, disappointing her supporters and Howard alums.
Trump was declared the winner of the presidential election early Wednesday, according to projections by The Associated Press. Harris is expected to deliver her speech at the Yard, a field inside Howard University.
The presidential race is not the only defeat for the Democrats. They have lost control of the U.S. Senate and Republicans are favored to win the House, potentially giving the GOP a trifecta in Washington.
Gender gap
There was a deep gender divide in the election. with exit poll surveys This shows that women tend to prefer Harris over Trump.
It’s the second time a woman has run as a major party’s presidential nominee, and it’s the second time a woman has lost to Trump. In 2016, he defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
The election came two years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion. The fresh 47th president consolidated his conservative majority by personally selecting three justices.
Harris, whose candidacy only began in July after President Joe Biden suspended his re-election campaign, had just over 100 days to select a candidate to run, release policy plans to appeal to voters and close the seven battleground states meet.
In addition, there was deep dissatisfaction within her party with the current government’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Michigan, which has a immense Arab-American population and is a state Biden won in 2020, voted for Trumpaccording to forecasts from The Associated Press.
It was Harris’ second bid for the White House after her first bid in 2019 quickly fizzled out before Biden picked her as his running mate.
With Biden out of the race following a disastrous June debate that shook his party’s belief that he could win a rematch against Trump, the crowning of Harris as the party’s heir gave Democrats fresh hope and brought with it a flood of money itself. According to the campaign, they have raised more than $1 billion.
Despite the funding and fresh enthusiasm among Democrats, the swing states of Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin ultimately went to Trump, giving him 292 Electoral College votes out of the 270 needed to win the White House House of Representatives opened a clear path to the White House, to their 224 votes, according to The Associated Press.
Last updated 2:05 p.m., November 6, 2024
