Kamala Harris concedes to Donald Trump in powerful speech to emotional crowds

Kamala Harris has conceded the 2024 election to Donald Trump, which he himself failed to do when he lost to President Joe Biden in 2020.

The Vice President spoke to her supporters on Wednesday afternoon, after the former reality star — who as most outlets have noted, has been impeached twice, found liable for “rape,” convicted of several felony charges, and incited a violent insurrection that left several dead when he refused to accept the 2020 election results — won both the popular vote and electoral college, in an increasingly divided and right wing America.

In doing so, he became the first convicted criminal to be elected United States president. In contrast, the vice president would have been not only, of course, the first female president, but also the first president in U.S. history to have worked in all three branches of government.

Prior to speaking Wednesday, Harris conceded to Trump over a phone call, in which according to a senior Harris aide, she congratulated him, and discussed the “importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans.”

Speaking at her alma mater, Howard University in Washington D.C., where her election festivities had taken place, Harris came out to her campaign song, “Freedom” by Beyoncé, smiling and waving to cheering crowds.

Read her speech below.

“Thank you all, thank you. So let me say — and I love you back. My heart is full today, my heart is full today. Full of gratitude for the trust you have placed in me, full of love for our country.

The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we wanted, not what we voted for, but hear me when I say, the light of America’s promise  will always burn bright as long as we never give up and as long as we keep fighting.

To my beloved Doug and our family, I love you so very much. To President Biden and Dr. Biden, thank you for your faith and support. To Governor Walz and the Walz family, I know your service to our nation will continue. And to my extraordinary team, to the volunteers who gave so much of themselves to the poll workers and the local election officials I thank you, I thank you all.

I am so proud of the race we ran and the way we ran it over the 107 days of this campaign, we have been intentional about building community and building coalitions, bringing people together from every walk of life, united for love of country with enthusiasm and joy in our fight for America’s future and we did it with the knowledge that we all have so much more in common than what separates us.

More to come.