Kamala Harris Called President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to endorse the election and congratulate him on his victory, according to a senior adviser to the vice president.
The aide, who declined to be identified about a private conversation, said Harris spoke of the need for a peaceful transfer of power.
Harris, once seen as the potential savior of the Democratic Party Joe Biden The re-election campaign is at a standstill, considering deep rejection American voters in this year’s presidential election.
He entered from behind in all battlefields to Donald Trumpthe man he described as an existential danger to the country’s founding institutions. And Trump appeared on track to win the popular vote for the first time in his three campaigns for the White House, even after two impeachments, criminal convictions and attempts to overturn his previous election loss.
Harris planned to give a concession speech Wednesday at 4 p.m., his office said. He will speak at Howard University, his alma mater in Washington, where his supporters watched the returns Tuesday night before being sent home after midnight as Trump advanced on the battlegrounds.
In a bitter footnote for Harris, as vice president, he is expected to oversee Congressional certification of election ceremonies.
It’s the same role Mike Pence played four years ago, when Trump led his supporters to march on the US Capitol. Despite what the critics say violent rebellion Trump crystallized the threat to American democracy that, in the end, did not deprive voters of the opportunity to re-elect them.
Harris-turned-Democratic nominee Biden, already struggling to convince voters he could serve as president until he turns 86, stumbled badly in his June 27 debate with Trump.
He left the race on July 21 and endorsed his running mate, who quickly rallied the Democratic Party around his candidacy.
It was a remarkable twist of fate for Harris. Four years earlier, his presidential campaign had ignited and exposed the political limitations of someone once dubbed. “The Barack Obama Woman.” Although Biden chose Harris as his running mate, she remained in office after taking office, serving as vice president as a woman, black, or person of South Asian descent.
Some Democrats began writing him as they pondered the party’s future after Biden. But Harris found new purpose after that The US Supreme Court overturned Roe v in 2022, and became the White House’s leading advocate for abortion rights.
Harris also made an extra effort to network with local politicians, businessmen and cultural figures, creating connections that would serve him well in the future.
The moment came sooner than expected, catapulting the presidential race with Biden’s departure a month before the Democratic National Convention.
Harris immediately reset the terms of the competition with trump He was 18 years younger and the former district attorney was running against the first major presidential candidate to be convicted of crimes. His candidacy energized the Democrats Biden feared failure at the top of the ticket.
But they also faced great dangers from the beginning. With only 107 days left until the end of the election, he received Biden’s political operation, and he faced the restlessness of the electorate that was eager for change.
Although Harris proposed a “new way forward,” he struggled to distinguish himself sensibly by the unknown president. In addition, he had limited time to pitch to skeptical voters who had never voted in a presidential primary.
Democrats now have a chance to pick up the pieces in a second Trump presidency, and it’s unclear what role Harris will play in his party’s future.
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