Kamala Harris finally concedes election to Donald Trump hours after his sweeping win

Hours after the contest was over and her crushing defeat was verified, Kamala Harris eventually called Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon to concede the election.

Despite this, she lectured the newly elected president and gave him a warning while congratulating him.

According to a senior Harris staffer, “she talked about the significance of a peaceful transition of power and being president for all Americans.”

The president-elect commended Harris’ “professionalism” and “tenacity,” according to Trump’s staff, which also confirmed the Harris call.

According to a statement released by Trump communications director Steven Cheung, “President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone earlier today where she congratulated him on his historic victory.”

Both leaders agreed on the significance of bringing the nation together, and President Trump praised Vice President Harris for her fortitude, professionalism, and perseverance throughout the campaign.

Harris had promised to run for president “for all Americans” during her campaign.

Twelve hours after her Republican opponent’s election was announced, she will formally concede to the country at Howard University later today.

After a demanding campaign, Trump is spending the day at his Mar-a-Lago property.

President Biden called both candidates, the White House confirmed.

He welcomed President-elect Trump to visit the White House and praised Harris on her historic campaign.

He also stated that he was committed to making sure the transfer of power went smoothly.

However, he cautioned the president-elect about “the importance of working to bring the country together” in his own words.

On Thursday, Biden will speak to the nation.

Following Michigan’s call for the president-elect, Harris’ concession call—confirmed just before 2:00 PM ET—gave him a third victory in the formerly “blue wall” of states that switched Republican.

In order to offer Harris the presidency, Democrats had been banking on holding onto the three states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

Nevertheless, Trump prevailed, earning 292 electoral votes to Harris’s 224. To win the presidency, you need 270.

In the 2016 presidential election, Harris is now expected to perform worse than Hillary Clinton. She might perhaps be headed for the worst Electoral College outcome of any Democrat since the contest in 1988.

Harris failed to keep them on the Democrats’ side even though Joe Biden won all three in 2020.

Trump is only the second president in history to win a second non-consecutive term and the first in more than 130 years.

He formed a coalition of multiethnic working-class voters and gained support from almost every voting bloc he lost in the 2020 election, according to exit surveys, which helped him win.

Additionally, Biden outperformed Harris on Tuesday in the 2020 election across important demographics like Latinos, women, and the working class.

Exit polls also indicated that voters had greater faith in Trump’s ability to turn around the economy.

The vast majority of them thought the Biden-Harris administration had misled the nation.

Trump eventually returned to the White House despite having felony convictions and having been shot in the ear by a would-be assassin.