{"id":2365071,"date":"2024-11-06T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-prepares-to-concede-race-to-trump-after-decisive-electoral-defeat-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T11:30:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T16:30:26","slug":"harris-prepares-to-concede-race-to-trump-after-decisive-electoral-defeat-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-prepares-to-concede-race-to-trump-after-decisive-electoral-defeat-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris prepares to concede race to Trump after decisive electoral defeat &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-prepares-to-concede-race-to-trump-after-decisive-electoral-defeat-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2365071&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the wake \u2064of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-democrat-politicians-who-claimed-voter-fraud-after-elections\/\" title=\"5 Democrat Politicians Who Claimed \u2018Voter Fraud\u2019 After Elections\">electoral defeat<\/a>, Vice President Kamala Harris is preparing to concede the presidential race to Donald Trump. Following major news outlets declaring Trump \u2063the victor early on Wednesday\u200d morning,\u200c Harris plans to call \u2063Trump and make a public concession at Howard University later that day. \u2063Her delayed acknowledgment of the loss\u200d has drawn criticism, particularly from Republicans seeking a unified response to the election outcome. \u200bTrump, \u2062who surpassed \u200dthe necessary 270 electoral\u2064 votes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/accountability-is-coming-ousted-twitter-executives-set-to-testify-before-republican-led-house-committee\/\" title=\"\u2018Accountability Is Coming\u2019: Ousted Twitter Executives Set To Testify Before Republican-Led House Committee\">won key states<\/a> like Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia, has already \u200cdeclared \u2064victory at his\u200d own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-erects-barricades-around-white-house-and-kamala-harris-residence\/\" title=\"Secret Service Erects Barricades Around White House and Kamala Harris&#039; Residence\">post-election gathering<\/a> in\u200c Florida. This election marks Trump&#8217;s return to the presidency, making him the \u2062first president in 127 years to serve nonconsecutive terms,\u200d joining Grover Cleveland in this unique distinction. Harris&#8217;s campaign\u200b has \u2063faced significant challenges, culminating in her decision \u2064to\u2062 send supporters home \u200dearly during her watch party, reflecting a sense of \u200dinevitability\u200c regarding the election results.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris prepares to concede race to Trump after decisive electoral defeat<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1874779\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> plans to concede the presidential race to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">major news outlets declared<\/a> the former president the victor early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Harris will call Trump later on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBCPolitics\/status\/1854179678317089008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to<\/a> NBC News, with a public concession <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kylegriffin1\/status\/1854174480576184510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">planned<\/a> for 4 p.m. at Howard University, her alma mater.<\/p>\n<p>The delay, which comes after she declined to address supporters during her watch party on Tuesday night, has prompted complaints from Republicans, with ex-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Trump&rsquo;s former primary rival, calling on her to unify the country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That begins with Kamala Harris conceding. You can&rsquo;t just talk about unity in a campaign, you have to show it regardless of the outcome,&rdquo; Haley <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NikkiHaley\/status\/1854193098575778016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NikkiHaley\/status\/1854193098575778016\"><\/a>The <em>Associated Press<\/em> called Pennsylvania for Trump at 2:24 a.m. EST, effectively closing off her last path to the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3210669\/donald-trump-wins-2024-election-defeating-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"surpassed\">surpassed<\/a> the magic threshold of 270 electoral votes shortly after 5:30 a.m., when Wisconsin&rsquo;s 10 electoral votes were awarded to him. He will become the first president in 127 years to serve two nonconsecutive terms in office, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220320\/greatest-comeback-trump-white-house-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"joining Grover Cleveland\">joining Grover Cleveland<\/a> as the only man to return to the White House in such a manner.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also appears to be comfortably on track to win the popular vote, becoming the first Republican since George W. Bush in 2004 to achieve this feat.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not hesitate to declare victory, giving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220121\/trump-declares-victory-election-night-speech-read-full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"speech\">speech<\/a> at his Florida watch party early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a magnificent victory for the American people that will allow us to make America great again,&rdquo; Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3218668\/trump-gets-good-news-early-election-returns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told his supporters while flanked by his family<\/a>&nbsp;at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-wins-2024-election-defeating-kamala-harris\/\" title=\"Donald Trump wins 2024 election, defeating Kamala Harris\">victory night party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He won North Carolina and, shortly after, flipped Georgia, which had turned blue in 2020. When the battleground state of Pennsylvania turned red, it signaled the end for Harris&rsquo;s slim hopes.<\/p>\n<p>A dejected Harris camp saw the writing on the wall earlier in the night, telling supporters who had gathered for her watch party to go home. The move to send out co-chairman Cedric Richmond echoed that of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s doomed campaign in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Against all odds, Donald Trump has not only pulled off the greatest comeback in political history but may be one of the greatest comebacks in American history,&rdquo; Ford O&rsquo;Connell, a GOP strategist, told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are calling for Harris to make things official and some have become frustrated with the lack of communication as Trump looks set to win the race handily. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why is she not speaking tonight?&rdquo; conservative columnist Marc Thiessen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WarMachineRR\/status\/1854071255017693522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on Fox News as the outcome became clear. &ldquo;She lost. Did she just go to bed? Wisconsin has been called. It&rsquo;s over. Why is she not coming out and conceding? It&rsquo;s shameful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>has reached out to the Trump and Harris campaigns seeking comment. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hashtag #DoNotConcedeKamala was trending on X as of Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Trump famously refused to concede his defeat to President Joe Biden in 2020, filing several unsuccessful lawsuits as he claimed the election had been stolen from him. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1874779\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1874779\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris set to concede presidential race to Trump after loss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2365072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kamala-Harris-phone-concede.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12887,44485,4021,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2365071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-concession","tag-electoral-defeat","tag-harris","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kamala-Harris-phone-concede.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365071"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365075,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365071\/revisions\/2365075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}