Vice President Kamala Harris has conceded the 2024 presidential election to President-elect Donald J. Trump. According to a senior Democrat aide, Harris called Trump and congratulated him on his historic win. The Vice President reportedly discussed the importance of the peaceful transfer of power with the president-elect, which could indicate Congressional Democrats are backing down from threats that they will not certify the election results.
Trump won a landslide election victory on November 5 and will likely sweep all of the key swing states. Having served as president from 2017 to 2021, Trump’s win will make him only the second American to ever serve two non-consecutive terms in the White House.
Despite election night returns suggesting Trump’s victory was all but inevitable, Harris did not speak to her gathered supporters and did not acknowledge she was almost certain to lose the race.