Kamala concession speech 2024: Biden breaks his silence on Trump’s election victory as Harris addresses nation


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Kamala Harris officially conceded the election to Donald Trump in a speech to her devastated fans in Washington D.C. – after President Joe Biden called his new successor to congratulate him.

Harris thanked her supporters and said her ‘heart is full of trust and love of our country’ and said she’s ‘so proud’ of the race she ran. 

‘The outcome of this election is not want we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for,’ she said, adding that America’s light won’t go out as long as ‘we never give up and we keep fighting.’ 

Biden, who watched the astonishing results from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday night, is also planning to address the nation on Thursday. He said he talked to President-elect Trump today and invited him to the White House.

Trump’s political comeback was hailed as the ‘greatest in history’ after the former president sealed a stunning return to the White House early Wednesday morning. 

He successfully destroyed the ‘blue wall’ of traditionally Democratic stronghold midwestern states, securing wins in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. 

Follow all the developments in our live blog:

Joe Biden releases first public statement on election results

Joe Biden released his first public statement on Kamala Harris’ loss to Donald Trump on Wednesday.

He did not reference her defeat but reacted to her concession speech.

‘What America saw today was the Kamala Harris I know and deeply admire. She’s been a tremendous partner and public servant full of integrity, courage, and character.’

Biden called Trump and plans to give a speech on Thursday.

Harris hints at future plans to run again during emotional speech

Harris made a plea directly to her younger supporters, hinting that she will run again for president.

To the young people watching… please know it will be ok. This doesn’t mean we won’t win.

Her supporters on the Howard University campus burst into tears as they listened to their political idol give up the race to Trump.

US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. Donald Trump won a sweeping victory on November 6, 2024 in the US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris to complete an astonishing political comeback that sent shock waves around the world. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Supporters arrive before Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Joe Biden calls Trump and plans to address the nation tomorrow

President Biden spoke by phone with Vice President Harris on Wednesday after she conceded the election to Donald Trump.

He congratulated the Vice President on her historic campaign, an aide told DailyMail.com.

In addition, he invited the Republican to the White House.

Biden plans to address the nation tomorrow.

Donald Trump accepts Joe Biden’s invitation to meet

Melania Trump vows her husband will ‘safeguard’ freedom

Melania Trump reacted to her husband’s presidential election victory with a post to X on Wednesday evening.

The majority of Americans have entrusted us with this important responsibility.  

The former first lady vowed that Doanld Trump would ‘safeguard’ freedom.

Biden invites Trump to the White House to ensure a smooth transition

The Trump campaign issued a statement on Wednesday evening detailing a call from President Joe Biden inviting the president-elect to the White House in order to ease the transition.

Spokesman Steven Cheung said the meeting will take place soon.

President Joe Biden called President Donald J. Trump to congratulate him on his victory and extended an invitation to the White House to ensure a smooth transition between the current Administration and the incoming Administration. President Trump looks forward to the meeting, which will take place shortly, and very much appreciated the call.

Bernie Sanders says ‘working class has abandoned’ Democrats after liberals abandoned them

Woman shaves her head in protest of Trump election win as others denounce sex and men

American women have vowed to never date, marry, have sex or have kids with men in an attempt to take back control after Donald Trump was elected President, including one woman going so far as shaving her head.

Millions of Americans were glued to the TV on the night of November 5 as they watched in shock as Trump pulled off a jaw-dropping political comeback and regained his seat in the White House.

Fox News broadcasts awkward hot mic comment after declaring Trump victory

Fox News has broadcast an awkward hot mic moment where a producer appeared to express feelings about Elon Musk gaining political power live on air.

The accidental commentary came as host Bret Baier was providing late-night analysis just after 2am eastern time.

Fox News had said former President Donald Trump was on track to be the winner and began talking about what this means for America’s power structure.

Trump criminal cases brought by Jack Smith set to be closed before he enters White House

Special Counsel Jack Smith is in talks with the Justice Department to end the January 6 and classified documents prosecutions, NBC News reported.

The move would confirm the DOJ is sticking with the precedent that no sitting president can be prosecuted.

Donald Trump wins the state of Alaska

A devastated Ella Emhoff watches stepmother Kamala’s speech

Ella Emhoff gets emotional as she listens to US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speak at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. Donald Trump won a sweeping victory on November 6, 2024 in the US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris to complete an astonishing political comeback that sent shock waves around the world. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Kamala says she spoke to Trump to concede the election

British PM Keir Starmer congratulates Trump on his ‘historic victory’

From Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent in West Palm Beach, Florida

The British prime minister is the latest world leader to congratulate Donald Trump on his election win.

Sir Keir Starmer met Trump at Mar-a-Lago in September, at a time when foreign leaders realized they needed to start building relations with the Republican nominee.

The U.S. and the U.K. are key defense and intelligence allies, as the two discussed the situation in the Middle East among other issues.

Harris’ VP pick Tim Walz and his wife Gwen watch as she concedes

The Walzes’ daughter Hope appeared visibly emotional as her dad was recognized during Harris’ speech.

And Doug Emhoff stood alongside them and his own daughter Ella during the remarks.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz arrive to hear Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speak on stage as she is expected to concede the election, at Howard University on November 06, 2024 in Washington, DC. After a contentious campaign focused on key battleground states, the Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump was projected to secure the majority of electoral votes, giving him a second term as U.S. President. Republicans also secured control of the Senate for the first time in four years.   (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz gestures as he arrives to listen Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris remarks, conceding 2024 U.S. presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump, at Howard University in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Hope Walz and Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz arrive to hear Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speak on stage as she is expected to concede the election, at Howard University on November 06, 2024 in Washington, DC. After a contentious campaign focused on key battleground states, the Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump was projected to secure the majority of electoral votes, giving him a second term as U.S. President. Republicans also secured control of the Senate for the first time in four years.   (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Kamala takes the stage for her concession speech

VP Kamala Harris thanked her supporters and said her ‘heart is full of trust and love of our country.’

‘The outcome of this election is not want we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for,’ she said.

But she added that America’s light won’t go out as long as ‘we never give up and we keep fighting.’

She went on to say that the results of the 2024 presidential election must be accepted.

‘We must accept the results of this election. Earlier today, I spoke to President-elect Trump to congratulate him.’

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. Donald Trump won a sweeping victory Wednesday in the US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris to complete an astonishing political comeback that sent shock waves around the world. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06:  Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak on stage as she concedes the election, at Howard University on November 06, 2024 in Washington, DC. After a contentious campaign focused on key battleground states, the Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump was projected to secure the majority of electoral votes, giving him a second term as U.S. President. Republicans also secured control of the Senate for the first time in four years.   (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris appears to deliver remarks, conceding 2024 U.S. presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump, at Howard University in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Bernie Sanders says Democrat losses should ‘come as no great surprise’

Vermont’s Independent Senator Bernie Sanders is going scorched-earth after Democrats’ stunning Election Night losses.

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.

First, it was the white working class, and now it is Latino and Black workers as well.

While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.

FILE â¿" Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks to the media as he walks to the House chamber before President Joe Biden's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Tiffany Trump congratulates her father with snap of her family and Elon Musk

Who is Donald Harris? Meet Kamala’s ‘Marxist’ father who lives very close to White House yet is nowhere to be found in VP’s life

Kamala Harris’ West Wing office is just shy of a mile from her father’s Washington, D.C. home.

But it seems their lives could not be further apart.

Despite the proximity between father and world-famous daughter, there is no record of Donald, 86, ever having visited her in the White House.

His name does not appear in any of the publicly available visitor logs from her three-and-a-half years in office. Nor are there any recent public photographs of the pair together.

It is possible that the VP has privately hosted her father in her government-provided home – at the United States Naval Observatory in DC – where visitor records are not public.

But it is perhaps more likely that Donald Harris has kept a deliberate distance, determined to stay away from what he has described as the ‘political hullabaloo’ surrounding his daughter, whose controversial comments he once criticized as ‘a travesty’.

For her part, VP Harris has previously described their relationship as ‘not close’.

So just who is Donald Harris?

Nancy Pelosi arrives to Kamala Harris’ concession speech at Howard University

The former House speaker talked with Harris supporters just before she took the stage for her concession speech at Howard University Wednesday afternoon.

Pelosi is credited with putting pressure on Joe Biden to step down from the race over the summer.

Her strategy didn’t end up playing out well for the Democrats in the long-run.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06:  Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives as supporters wait to hear Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris concede the election, at Howard University on November 06, 2024 in Washington, DC. After a contentious campaign focused on key battleground states, the Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump was projected to secure the majority of electoral votes, giving him a second term as U.S. President. Republicans also secured control of the Senate for the first time in four years.   (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06:  Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives as supporters wait to hear Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris concede the election, at Howard University on November 06, 2024 in Washington, DC. After a contentious campaign focused on key battleground states, the Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump was projected to secure the majority of electoral votes, giving him a second term as U.S. President. Republicans also secured control of the Senate for the first time in four years.   (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrives for US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speech at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. Donald Trump won a sweeping victory on November 6, 2024 in the US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris to complete an astonishing political comeback that sent shock waves around the world. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Letitia James vows to ‘fight back once again’ against Donald Trump

New York State Attorney General Letitia James delivered an aggressive message to New Yorkers on Wednesday, vowing to ‘fight back once again’ against President-elect Donald Trump.

“If possible, we will work with the administration but will not compromise values, integrity and principles,” James said in remarks delivered to the press on Wednesday.

‘We face this challenge We are prepared to fight back once again,’ she said, vowing to ‘protect and defend New Yorkers.

She did not address her prosecution and Trump’s conviction for falsifying business records related to hush money payments made to porn star actress Stormy Daniels.

Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on November 26.

Democrat Elissa Slotkin wins Michigan Senate seat in hotly-contested race

Rep. Elissa Slotkin squeaked by with a victory against former Rep. Mike Rogers in the swing state Senate race.

The margin of victory was much too-close-for-comfort for the Democratic representative in an increasingly blue-leaning state as she was 4.2 percent behind with 66 percent of the vote tabulated around 1:30 a.m. on Election Night.

When the race was called on Wednesday afternoon, Slotkin edged out Rogers by less than one percent.

Rogers had hoped to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, helping Republicans grow their new majority in the U.S. Senate.

Democrat blame game begins: Furious party says it’s Joe Biden and Tim Walz’s fault Kamala Harris lost in humiliating election result

The bickering over who was to blame for Kamala Harris’ defeat at the presidential election began in earnest even before the result was declared.

Democrats blamed Tim Walz for being too left wing, too folksy, and too tainted by the Kenosha riots, while others blamed every demographic possible.

Not enough white women showed up, too many black men switched to Donald Trump since 2020, and Hispanic voters abandoned the party.

House Democratic leader says the chamber ‘remains very much in play’

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for DailyMail.com

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries believes Democrats still have a chance to take control.

‘The House remains very much in play,’ he said in a statement released on Wednesday.

‘The path to take back the majority now runs through too close to call pick-up opportunities in Arizona, Oregon and Iowa – along with several Democratic-leaning districts in Southern California and the Central Valley.’

The Democrat, who represents an area outside of New York City, also celebrated how Democrats flipped multiple seats in the Empire State.

Dozens of House races still have yet to be called by the Associated Press.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., during an interview with The Associated Press, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Irvine, Calif. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump tears down ‘blue wall’ by sweeping Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Donald Trump absolutely obliterated the midwest ‘blue wall’ Democrats were hoping would hold in the 2024 election and deliver a victory to Vice President Kamala Harris.

The race was called for the new president-elect over night in battlegrounds of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin . Then Wednesday afternoon, the Associated Press called the race in Michigan as Trump prepares to sweep all seven of the swing states.

Harris’s campaign had hope the VP could take at least some of the rust belt, but Trump’s blue collar base showed up and handed him a victory in all three states.

According to calls made by the Associated Press, Trump won Pennsylvania by 2.2 percent , Wisconsin by 0.9 percent and Michigan by 1.4 percent.

Breaking:Democrat Tammy Baldwin holds onto Wisconsin Senate seat after run for money by Republican Eric Hovde

Democrat Tammy Baldwin held onto her Wisconsin Senate seat after being given a run for her money by Republican businessman Eric Hovde.

The Associated Press projected that Baldwin won, holding back the strong Republican challenge by Donald Trump-backed Hovde.

It was a nail-biting race that had the candidates neck-and-neck leading into Election Day.

Republicans had hoped to flip the seat red this cycle as the GOP works to take back control of the Senate.

Harris calls Trump to concede election

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands before the start of an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent

Kamala Harris called Donald Trump and formally conceded the election to him.

‘She discussed the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans,’ a senior Harris aide said.

Harris will deliver remarks at Howard University later today. Trump is spending the day at his home at Mar-a-Lago.

The View hosts ‘dressed for funeral’ by donning all black after Trump wins election

Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro all wore dark outfits for the post-Election Day episode on Wednesday, although Whoopi Goldberg opted for a white shirt and a pink floral jacket.

Donald Trump wins Michigan

He won it by improving on his 2020 vote haul in populous Oakland and Kent Counties, while improving on his numbers across almost the entire state.

He was leading Kamala Harris 53-46 with more than 80 percent of the vote counted.

Michigan played an outsized role in the primaries and again in the general election as one of the most competitive battleground states.

It has 15 electoral votes but looms large in the national consciousness as the heart of the U.S. auto industry.

The state is a key plank in the ‘blue wall’ that Trump cracked in 2016 – after Hillary Clinton famously failed to visit the state until days before Election Day.

Joe Biden grabbed it back in 2000, and it served as a major battleground between Trump and Harris.

The first sign that Michigan would pose trouble for Democrats came in the primary, where Israel’s war in Gaza was proving increasingly unpopular.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Mint Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Cardi B thanks Kamala Harris in emotional post

AP still hasn’t called the presidential race in Arizona

Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Las Vegas, Nevada

Only 61 percent of the 2024 election ballots had been tabulated in Arizona as of midday Wednesday.

The race has not been called in the southwestern border state, though Trump is leading VP Kamala Harris by 4.7 percent in Arizona

Trump doesn’t need the 11 Electoral College votes from Arizona after the Associated Press called the presidential race for the former president in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell congratulates Donald Trump after clashing with him in the past

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for DailyMail.com

The longest-serving party leader in Senate history, Mitch McConnell, gave a heartfelt congratulations to Donald Trump on Wednesday.

‘It’s certainly a happy day on behalf of the GOP,’ McConnell said on Capitol Hill. ‘Let me congratulate Donald Trump.’

The two have often butted heads, and McConnell drew Trump’s fury years ago for bashing the former president’s handling of January 6.

‘What he’s accomplished for the first time since Grover Cleveland,’ the Republican remarked, noting how only one other president in U.S. history won non-consecutive terms.

Netanyahu says he spoke with Trump on Wednesday

‘The conversation was warm and cordial,’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.

‘The Prime Minister congratulated Trump on his election victory, and the two agreed to work together for Israel’s security. The two also discussed the Iranian threat.’

Netanyahu’s office said he was among the first world leaders to call Trump after his victory.

Nail-biter Michigan Senate contest has Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin separated by just a few hundred votes

A Senate race that pitted two former national security officials against each other has them separated by just a few hundred votes in Michigan, with the strength of Donald Trump’s Senate majority still to be set.

Republican Mike Rogers, a former FBI official who has voiced Trump criticism in the past but has closely aligned with him in his election battle, was leading in the count into the early hours of Wednesday morning.

But Democratic rival Rep. Elissa Slotkin passed him in the late morning, as votes from Wayne County, which includes Detroit, finally came in.

With 95 percent of the vote in, Slotkin was leading Rogers 48.5 to 48.4 percent, as the lead went up and down between a few hundred and 1,000 votes.

Exclusive:Trump takes calls from world leaders as his team recovers from 5:30am Mar-a-Lago party

From Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent in West Palm Beach, Florida

Donald Trump spent Wednesday morning recharging his batteries and getting used to his status as president elect by receiving and returning calls from world leaders, according to a source in Palm Beach, Florida .

With Vice President Kamala Harris expected to concede defeat with a speech later in the day, he cut a low profile after his stunning return to power.

His senior staff, family, and friends partied at Mar-a-Lago until 5:30am, celebrating his improbably comeback.

‘They are letting him make the phone calls he needs to make,’ said an insider.

‘That’s the important thing, right? He has to talk to world leaders, accept their congratulations and hear what their priorities are. And that’s what he’s doing right now.’

Nevada prepares to flip red for the first time in a decade

Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Las Vegas, Nevada

Donald Trump is leading in Nevada in a sign the state will flip red for the first time since the 2004 election.

As of Wednesday morning, the Associated Press has not called the presidential race in Nevada.

But with 84 percent of the vote tabulated, Trump is leading over Vice President Kamala Harris by 4.7 percent.

Nevada takes a while to tabulate all the votes considering state law allows for the counting of mail-in ballots that are received up to three days after Election Day.

Attendees cheer as a broadcast of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trum speaking at his Florida election party is shown on a screen at the Nevada GOP election watch party in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 6, 2024. (Photo by Ronda Churchill / AFP) (Photo by RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)

Republicans at the Nevada election night watch party cheer as Donald Trump appears on screen for his speech in West Palm Beach declaring victory

Election results breakdown reveals how Trump won by a landslide – taking both the popular vote and the crucial electoral vote

And Harris did worse on Tuesday than Joe Biden in the 2020 contest among key voting groups including women, the working class and Latinos.

Where does the presidential race stand in Michigan?

Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

The Associated Press has still not called the presidential election results in Michigan.

With 98 percent of the vote tabulated as of midday on Wednesday, Donald Trump is ahead of Kamala Harris by 1.6 percent.

With only about 90,000 votes separating the two, the AP is waiting until votes in some critical counties are counted to call the race one way or the other.

Still, Trump doesn’t need Michigan, he already won the popular vote and the Electoral College votes needed to take the White House.

Marty Myers and Bruce Caple put away the last box after Michigan polls closed, in Kalamazzoo, Michigan, U.S., November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

Polling place workers in Kalamazzoo, Michigan put away the last ballot box after voting places closed up for the night on November 5, 2024

Today fans fear for Savannah Guthrie after Trump election win

Savannah Guthrie has left viewers seriously impressed after she returned to NBC on Wednesday morning following around-the-clock election coverage – with many shocked at how she was still awake.

The broadcaster, 52, had hosted Tuesday’s episode of Today as normal before going on to lead the network’s primetime coverage of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris’s race to the White House later that night.

There was no rest for Savannah, who was back on screens at the top of the morning to announce that Trump had pulled off a political comeback after being declared the winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

Multiple Senate races still yet to be called after Republicans retake majority

Sarah Ewall-Wice, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Phoenix, AZ:

Republicans have recaptured the majority in the Senate for the first time in four years, but how large their majority remains to be seen.

There are still several races that are too close to call:

In Arizona, Democrat Ruben Gallego is currently leading Republican Kari Lake.

In Michigan, Democrat Elissa Slotkin is leading Republican Mike Rogers in the race for the open seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow.

In Nevada, Republican Sam Brown is leading Democratic incumbent Senator Jacky Rosen by less than 1,000 votes.

In Pennsylvania, Republican David McCormick is leading Democratic incumbent Senator Bob Casey.

In Wisconsin, Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin has a slight edge on Republican challenger Eric Hovde.

Voters are still being counted and some races are likely to head to recounts, but should the numbers hold, Republicans would add two more seats to their 52 seat majority having flipped three seats already in the November election.

Harris campaign invites supporters to Howard University for her concession speech

‘We invite you to join the Harris-Walz campaign for an event with Vice President Kamala Harris today at Howard University in Washington, D.C.,’ read the text.

‘Doors will open at 1:00 PM.’

Harris was scheduled to speak at Howard on Tuesday night and the atmosphere at the event was jubilant as initial results rolled in.

As the night dragged on and it became clear that Harris would not defeat Trump, her supporters grew dour.

Cedric Richmond, Harris’ campaign co-chair, then told the audience they ‘won’t hear from the vice president tonight.’

Republicans take the Senate, but House control still up for grabs

Republicans have won control of the Senate, retaking the chamber for the first time in four years.

It gives the GOP a major power center in Washington and a lead role in confirming the next president’s Cabinet, as well as any Supreme Court justices if there are vacancies.

Control over the House of Representatives is still up for grabs, with over 100 races yet to be called.

Furious Democrats say it’s Joe Biden and Tim Walz’s fault Kamala Harris lost

A panel of CNN political reporters were stunned into a stony silence after their Republican pundit spelled out why ordinary Americans voted for Donald Trump.

Scott Jennings, 47, has been praised for telling the ‘absolute unadulterated truth’ by describing the election result as ‘revenge of the regular old working-class American’ who feel like they have been demonized by the left as ‘garbage’ and ‘Nazis’.

Senator Mitt Romney congratulates Trump

The Utah senator, known as a prominent ‘Never Trump Republican,’ issued a message congratulating the president-elect on Wednesday.

Tesla shares soar 13 percent after Trump win

Shares of Tesla soared Wednesday following an election that will send Donald Trump back to the White House, an outcome that had been strongly bacled by CEO Elon Musk in the closing months of the race.

Tesla stands to make significant gains under a Trump administration with the threat of diminished subsidies for alternative energy and electric vehicles doing the most harm to smaller competitors.

Tesla dominates sales of electric vehicles in the U.S, with 48.9% in market share through the middle of 2024, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Tesla shares jumped 13 percent Wednesday while shares of rival electric vehicle makers tumbled.

FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks as Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the site of the July assassination attempt against Trump, in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 5, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

What happens now that Trump has been declared president-elect?

Trump’s team is pledging that the second won’t look much like the first one Trump established after his 2016 victory.

The president-elect now has a 75-day transition period to build out his team before Inauguration Day arrives on January 20.

One top item on the to-do list: filling around 4,000 government positions with political appointees, people specifically tapped for their jobs by Trump’s team.

That includes everyone from the secretary of state and other heads of Cabinet departments to those selected to serve part-time on boards and commissions. Around 1,200 of those presidential appointments require Senate confirmation, which should be easier with the senate now shifting to GOP control.

Moment stunned ‘polling Nostradamus’ who was convinced Kamala would win realizes he was wrong

DNC Chair won’t seek re-election after Harris’ defeat

Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison is not expected to seek renomination when the party holds a leadership vote early next year, according to Reuters.

Harrison, who came under criticism for his strong backing to keep Joe Biden in the 2024 race, signaled his plans to leave the position before Tuesday’s disappointing results for Democrats, sources said.

Harrison is expected to hold an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to discuss the results and why they fell short of his public expectations and also to discuss a potential timeline for a leadership vote, which is expected to come before April.

MSNBC Morning Joe hosts are left stunned by Trump’s 2024 election victory and make shock concession

The somber hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe were left stunned by Donald Trump’s political comeback and even admitted it was clear he appears to know best what Americans really want.

Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump on ‘extraordinary’ comeback

The Amazon founder reacted to the US election results on Wednesday morning.

Kamala Harris under fire for delaying concession speech as both she and Biden remain silent on Trump victory

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for DailyMail.com

Kamala Harris has yet to concede the 2024 election to Donald Trump, and the pressure on her to do so is mounting.

The Democratic nominee has not addressed the outcome of the presidential election, which the Associated Press called as a victory for Trump around 5:30 am ET on Wednesday morning.

Now the Harris campaign is announcing that Harris will deliver a speech at her alma mater Howard University in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday afternoon.

The Democrat was supposed to make a cameo at the college on Tuesday evening but opted not to leave her vice presidential residence as results came in showing Trump ahead.

President Joe Biden has been conspicuously silent after the election as well.

The sitting president was reportedly watching the results come in with family and close friends at the White House late on Tuesday evening.

But Fox News’ Peter Doocy reported around 11 pm ET that lights within the executive mansion had been slowly turning off room by room, indicating that its occupants were heading to bed before the race was called.

Former president George W Bush congratulates Trump

Former President George W. Bush said he and his wife, Laura, ‘join our fellow citizens in praying for the success of our new leaders at all levels of government.’

Some top former Republican officials, including Bush’s vice president, Dick Cheney, had endorsed Harris. But Bush remained neutral.

Bush also thanked ‘President Biden and Vice President Harris for their service to our country.’

‘The strong turnout in this election is a sign of the health of our republic and the strength of our democratic institutions,’ said Bush, who called the election a ‘free, fair, safe, and secure election.’

VP-elect JD Vance issues message to supporters

Bitcoin hits new high as investors bet Trump’s victory will benefit cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin jumped nearly 8% to a record $75,345.00 in early trading on Wednesday, before falling back and was recently trading at around $73,700.00.

Trump was previously a crypto skeptic but changed his mind and embraced cryptocurrencies ahead of the election.

Harris expected to call president-elect Trump, make concession speech later today

VP Harris will be calling President-elect Trump on Wednesday to concede the election.

Neither Harris nor President Joe Biden had made any statements about the electoral results as of noon on Wednesday.

ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 04: Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally on November 04, 2024 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. With one day to go until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning across Pennsylvania. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

CNN host says ‘racism and sexism’ are the reasons Kamala Harris lost the election

Axelrod made these comments at around 3 am ET, so the race hadn’t officially been called yet for Trump.

Wall Street reacts to Trump’s win

The S&P 500 and the Dow rocketed to record highs on Wednesday morning. The Nasdaq, the third of the main indexes, was sharply up too.

Meanwhile, the small cap Russell 2000 soared a staggering 6.2 percent to its highest level since early 2022 as domestic-focused stocks expect to benefit from an easier regulatory and tax regime, as well as be less exposed to likely import tariffs.

Liz Cheney reacts to Trump’s win after she endorsed Harris

The former Republican congresswoman, who is the daughter of former VP Dick Chaney, had endorsed Kamala Harris for president.

Ivanka could be considering a return to politics

Former First Daughter Ivanka Trump has made an appearance at her father’s Mar-a-Lago election party as insiders reveal she is considering a return to politics.

An unidentified source told Page Six that Ivanka would join former President Donald Trump at his private club for the election results, and another source later confirmed she was present with her husband, Jared Kushner.

The two have remained noticeably absent from Trump’s campaign, with some even mocking Ivanka when she posted the 16 lessons she has learned as she turned 43 just hours before the presidential election, while her siblings were out campaigning for their father.

Model Cara Delevingne demands ‘four years of hell’ after Trump win

Delevingne launched into a furious tirade where she urged her friends to inflict ‘four years of hell’ on Republicans as Donald Trump is elected President.

The supermodel, 32, led a legion of liberal luvvies in the UK including Paloma Faith and Dawn O’Porter, who shared their ‘devastated’ reactions as they woke to the news of Trump’s election night sweep.

Supermodel Cara, who has a home in Los Angeles, sent out a defiant ‘message to her friends’ not to despair, but rather to focus on defeating Republicans, who she described as ‘fascists, misogynists, bigots and liars’.

Ivanka joins Trump onstage for first time this campaign

Ivanka Trump, 43, made an appearance at her father’s Mar-a-Lago election party to witness the Republican leader’s astonishing political comeback.

President-elect Trump had a huge circle of support with him on stage, including from his other daughter Tiffany, 31, his sons Eric, 40, and Donald Trump Jr, 46 and his granddaughter Kai, 17.

Voters weigh in on abortion rights across US

  • Abortion measures were on the ballot in nine states.
  • In three — Nebraska, Florida and South Dakota — efforts to write abortion rights into state constitutions failed.
  • Meanwhile Missouri viters overturned one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans, protecting the right of an abortion up until viability.
  • In Arizona, which currently bans abortion past 15 weeks, voters backed a measure to protect abortion rights up until viability. Though there’s no defined time frame, doctors say viability is sometime after 21 weeks.
  • In Nevada, New York and Colorado, voters reaffirmed abortion and reproductive rights.
  • An abortion rights measure in Montana had yet to be called.

Jake Tapper stunned to learn Kamala didn’t perform better than Biden anywhere in the country

CNN’s Jake Tapper was left stunned after preliminary analysis showed that Kamala Harris failed to convincingly outperform Joe Biden across any state.

The Vice President not only lost to Donald Trump, but appears to have unperformed across the board compared to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

Analysis by CNN at around 2am (ET)  Wednesday revealed that Harris failed to out perform her boss by three percent in any state.

Trump’s granddaughter Kai congratulates him on electoral win

Joe Rogan’s shocked reaction to Trump victory after being credited for winning over young voters

Republican supermajority could soon sweep Washington as House of Representatives election results trickle in

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for DailyMail.com

Though Republicans have been named the winners of the White House and Senate, dozens of races in the House of Representatives may take days if not weeks to call.

Donald Trump was projected as the winner of the 2024 election by the Associated Press at 5:34 am ET on Wednesday morning after the outlet declared the Republican had won the critical swing state of Wisconsin.

The GOP also gained control over the Senate after flipping multiple seats red, with some races still yet to be finalized and pick-up opportunities still on the table.

Republicans now need to maintain control over the House to have a full supermajority in Washington, D.C., which would have major consequences for Democrats.

Kari Lake’s opponent Ruben Gallego takes the lead in Arizona race

Democratic Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Iraq War veteran, took an early lead over well-known former television news anchor and staunch Donald Trump ally Kari Lake in Tuesday’s election for U.S. Senate.

The race in a state with a recent history of close elections is among a handful of contests that will determine how large a Republican majority Trump will work with in the Senate when the president-elect returns to the White House next year. The GOP clinched the Senate majority Tuesday night, retaking it from Democrats who held it for four years.

In a break with tradition, Lake and the Arizona Republican Party did not hold an election night party. She posted about results in the presidential race and shared complaints from others about the pace of vote counting in Maricopa County but did not say anything about her own race.

The winner of the Senate race will replace Kyrsten Sinema, whose 2018 victory as a Democrat created a formula that the party has successfully replicated since.

MESA, ARIZONA - NOVEMBER 05: Arizona Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake speaks with the media outside the Mesa Convention Center polling place on November 05, 2024 in Mesa, Arizona. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Above, Lake speaks with the media outside the Mesa Convention Center polling place on Tuesday

When will Harris concede the election?

VP Kamala Harris is expected to address her supporters later on Wednesday at her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington DC, NBC reported.

It’s not clear at what time Harris will deliver the speech.

Harris had planned to celebrate election night Tuesday at Howard, but her supporters were left waiting as it was announced she would not make a speech as Trump’s win became evident shortly after midnight.

Cardi B leads liberal celebrity meltdown

The American rapper, 32, unleashed an expletive-laden rant towards Trump’s army of supporters as the Republican leader closed in on a historic win to cement his return to the White House.

Actress Christina Applegate asks Trump supporters to unfollow her after his win

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau congratulates Trump

Trudeau congratulated Trump in a post on the social platform X and included a picture of the two of them in the White House during the President-elect’s first term.

Trump as president called Trudeau ‘weak’ and ‘dishonest’ and attacked Canada’s vital trade. He threatened tariffs on cars and imposed them on steel.

Trump adviser reveals what he’ll do on day one in white house

Senior Trump adviser Jason Miller appeared on Good Morning America on Wednesday and shared what’s next for the Trump team.

Miller said Trump is ‘doing great’ this morning after his electoral win.

‘He wants to heal the country. This is the time when we put aside political divisions.

‘We bring Democrats, Republicans, people awho aren’t involved in politics, together.’

Can Trump run again in 2028? The rules on the next election as he storms to victory

Trump cannot run for re-election again after being elected to two non-consecutive terms.

The US Costitution’s 22nd Amendment dicatates that presidents can only serve a total of two terms, or eight years – a precedent set by George Washington.

It reads: ‘No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once.’

Donald Trump wins the 2024 US presidential election

He becomes the first president in over 130 years – and only the second in history – to win a non-consecutive second term.

His defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris marks a remarkable return for a twice-impeached president, who left office in 2021 on the back of claims that he had incited an assault on the U.S. Capitol building, and who was convicted earlier this year on multiple counts of business fraud.

Donald Trump has pulled off an astounding political comeback and regained the White House as he’s declared the winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

He becomes the first president in over 130 years – and only the second in history – to win a non-consecutive second term.

His defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris marks a remarkable return for a twice-impeached president, who left office in 2021 on the back of claims that he had incited an assault on the U.S. Capitol building, and who was convicted earlier this year on multiple counts of business fraud.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump stands on stage with former first lady Melania Trump, as Lara Trump watches, at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kamala Harris is yet to make concession speech

Harris did not come out on stage at her alma mater, Howard University, where she planned to celebrate election night.

Hillary Clinton also waited until the next day to concede the 2016 election.

Below, supporters of US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Harris react during an election night event at Howard University in Washington.

TOPSHOT - Supporters of US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris react during an election night event at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 5, 2024. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images) 14047963





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