{"id":2365298,"date":"2024-11-06T18:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T23:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-finally-contacts-trump-12-hours-after-the-race-was-called\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T18:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T23:27:10","slug":"kamala-harris-finally-contacts-trump-12-hours-after-the-race-was-called","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-finally-contacts-trump-12-hours-after-the-race-was-called\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Finally Contacts Trump 12 Hours After the Race Was Called"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-finally-contacts-trump-12-hours-after-the-race-was-called%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=2365298&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>On election night,\u2063 Vice President Kamala Harris did \u200cnot address her supporters but later called President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his victory\u200c in the 2024 \u200bpresidential election. The call occurred about 12 hours after media outlets announced Trump\u2019s win. As Harris\u2019s campaign faded with each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-da-blasts-gov-newsom-for-not-stopping-release-of-convicted-killer\/\" title=\"Calif. DA blasts Gov. Newsom for not stopping release of convicted killer\">state called<\/a> \u2063for Trump, she did \u2064not make a public appearance at her election night \u200bevent at Howard University. Around 1:30 p.m. ET, it was reported \u200dthat Harris had conceded the election.<\/p>\n<p>In her call, Harris emphasized the\u2062 importance of a peaceful transfer of power and \u2063unity, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-da-hires-anti-cop-activist-for-top-prosecutor-job\/\" title=\"Los Angeles DA Hires Anti-Cop Activist for Top Prosecutor Job\">campaign aide<\/a>. Trump reciprocated \u200bby praising Harris\u2019s professionalism and acknowledged the need to unite the country. Both \u2064leaders expressed their \u2062commitment to a peaceful transition. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden\u2064 also reached out to congratulate \u200bTrump and offered\u2063 to discuss the transition at \u2062the \u2064White House. As of Wednesday afternoon,\u2064 Trump led \u2062with 292 electoral votes\u2064 to Harris&#8217;s\u2062 224, and he won the popular vote with 72 million\u200b votes compared \u2062to Harris&#8217;s 67.2 million. Biden was scheduled to address the nation the following day.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After ghosting her supporters on election night, Vice President Kamala Harris called President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The call came about 12 hours after the first <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">media organizations called<\/a> the race.<\/p>\n<p>The first call for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/powerful-hymn-breaks-trump-victory-party-moved-tears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> was made at 1:22 a.m. ET on Wednesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/media\/4976368-trump-wins-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was holding her election night party at Howard University in Washington, D.C., but she never appeared and issued no comment on the race as the states Harris hoped could keep her bid for the White House alive went to Trump one-by-one, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-speak-tearful-supporters-leave-watch-party\/story?id=115550498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after 1:30 p.m. ET, Jacqui Heinrich of Fox News reported that Harris had conceded.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Vice President Harris called President-elect Trump to congratulate him on winning the 2024 presidential election, a campaign aide tells FOX,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/1854231834395074860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vice President Harris called President-elect Trump to congratulate him on winning the 2024 presidential election, a campaign aide tells FOX.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She discussed the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President will deliver&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/1854231834395074860?\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She discussed the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans,&rdquo; Heinrich&rsquo;s post quoted the aide as saying. Harris was planning a speech later Wednesday at Howard as a formal concession.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PhilipWegmann\/status\/1854245242591178918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> on X, Philip Melanchthon Wegmann said Trump offered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-dazed-kamala-harris-supporters-file-election-night-party-early\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> a compliment, according to Trump aide Stephen Cheung.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&rsquo;President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/citing-covid-19-testing-discrepancies-nhl-says-impacted-teams-can-still-play\/\" title=\"Citing COVID-19 Testing \u2018Discrepancies,\u2019 NHL Says Impacted Teams Can Still Play\">phone earlier today<\/a> where she congratulated him on his historic victory,&rsquo; says @TheStevenCheung,&rdquo; Wegmann posted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&rsquo;President Trump acknowledged Vice President Harris on her strength, professionalism, and tenacity throughout the campaign, and both leaders agreed on the importance of unifying the country,&rsquo;&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump took the Harris call and offered her some generous praise:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone earlier today where she congratulated him on his historic victory,&rdquo; says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheStevenCheung?\">@TheStevenCheung<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump acknowledged Vice President&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/laBMy8egCY\">https:\/\/t.co\/laBMy8egCY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilipWegmann\/status\/1854245242591178918?\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/trump-harris-election-updates-11-5-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> reported that President Joe Biden also called Trump to congratulate him on his victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-want-trump-win-joes-recent-moves-jd-vance-convinced-may-picture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> invited Trump to the White House to discuss the transition, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who also spoke to Harris to offer her congratulations on her campaign, is planning to speak to the nation on Thursday about the election.<\/p>\n<p>As of about 3:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/11\/05\/us\/elections\/results-president.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> showed Trump with 292 electoral votes against 224 for Harris with four states &mdash; Alaska, Arizona, Maine and Nevada undeclared.<\/p>\n<p>In the popular vote, Trump received 72 million votes against 67.2 million for Harris.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This call occurred roughly 12 hours after the initial media outlets declared the election results. The first announcement for Trump was made at 1:22 a.m. ET that Wednesday, as reported by The Hill. Although Harris hosted an election night event at Howard University in Washington, D.C., she did not make an appearance or comment while states crucial to her campaign were called for Trump one after another, according to ABC News. By around 1:30 p.m. ET, Fox News&#8217; Jacqui Heinrich reported that Harris had conceded the race.<\/p>\n<p>A campaign aide informed FOX that &#8220;Vice President Harris called President-elect Trump to congratulate him on winning the 2024 presidential election.&#8221; During their conversation, she emphasized the significance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans. Later that day, Harris planned to deliver a formal concession speech at Howard University.<\/p>\n<p>Philip Melanchthon Wegmann shared on X that Trump complimented Harris during their call, as relayed by Trump&#8217;s aide Stephen Cheung: &#8220;President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone earlier today where she congratulated him on his historic victory.&#8221; Cheung noted that &#8220;President Trump acknowledged Vice President Harris&#8217;s strength, professionalism, and tenacity throughout the campaign,&#8221; with both leaders agreeing on the need for national unity.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press also reported that President Joe Biden congratulated Trump and invited him to discuss the transition at the White House. Biden also reached out to offer congratulations to Harris regarding her campaign and is expected to address the nation about the election on Thursday. As of approximately 3:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, The New York Times indicated Trump&#8217;s electoral count stood at 292 votes compared to Harris&#8217;s 224 votes with four states\u2014Alaska, Arizona, Maine, and Nevada\u2014still undecided; in terms of popular vote totals, Trump garnered 72 million votes against Harris&#8217;s 67.2 million<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2365299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Harris-Calls-Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,9750,32438,32603,3634],"class_list":["post-2365298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-contact","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-news","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Harris-Calls-Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365298","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365298"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365302,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365298\/revisions\/2365302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}