US Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to address the nation Wednesday (local time) to officially concede the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump.
Democrat Kamala Harris, who was defeated by Donald Trump to become the 47th POTUS on Wednesday, is expected to address her supporters at Howard University in Washington D.C., American media reports said. Howard University was chosen for her public appearance after the polls as the prestigious varsity is her alma mater, a Democrat campaign co-chair reportedly told NBC News. However, it was not confirmed the exact time of Kamala's speech.
"You won't hear from the vice president tonight"
According to a Democrat campaign co-chair, Kamala Harris will wait until the last vote is counted before she addresses the nation. They plan to track the counting overnight until every state is called, NBC quoted him as saying.
This means it will be at least a few hours before Kamala Harris officially concedes her defeat to President-elect Trump.
Had Harris won the closely-fought polls, her victor speech would have also happened at Howard, which was her election night headquarters. "...you won't hear from the vice president tonight. But you will hear from her tomorrow, because she will be back here tomorrow to address not only the HU family, not only to address her supporters, but to address the nation," NBC Washington quoted Kamala's campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond as saying.
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Donald Trump on Wednesday won the US presidency for a second term after emerging victorious in a closely-fought contest. 277 electoral votes had gone to Republican candidate Trump while Harris got 224. The 78-year-old Trump won the key battleground state of Wisconsin to become "POTUS 47." After he crossed the magical numbers, Trump addressed his supporters at West Palm Beach in Florida earlier today.
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The Democratic leader's defeat to Trump in a bitterly contested election shattered her dream to become the first woman President of the United States. 60-year-old Kamala Harris was the district attorney for San Francisco -- the first woman, first African-American and first Indian-origin person to be elected to the position. As vice president, she is the first woman to hold the post. Also, she happens to be the first African-American or Indian-American person to make it there.