The American vice president, Kamala Harrisdelivered the speech this Wednesday that he did not deliver on Tuesday evening, when the results already predicted a resounding defeat. The Democrat recognized former President Donald Trump’s victory visibly shaken and promising that “the light will return after the darkness”.
“I know a lot of people believe we’re going to enter a dark age,” Harris said in a speech at Howard University in Washington, her first since she was declared the election loser. He noted that “only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
And, even if the result is not as hoped, he affirmed that “the light of the promised United States will return as long as we continue to work and fight.”
A few hours earlier, the Democrat had called Trump to express her desire to “guarantee a peaceful transitionunlike what happened in 2020,” when the former president did not acknowledge the results and expressed a desire to be “president for all Americans.”
The current president, Joe Biden, who will address the nation this Thursday, also called the Republican to show his commitment to a “peaceful transition and stressed the importance of working together to unify the country” , for which he summoned him to a meeting. at the White House.
Although at the moment it does not appear that she will resign as leader of the Democrats, Harris also announced that “It’s time to reorganize” and “commit to freedom, justice and a future we can build together.” Likewise, he emphasized that sometimes “the fight lasts a while” and, for this reason, “I will never give up the fight for the future of America”.
“We will never give up the fight to protect our schools from gun violence, the fight for democracy, for equal justice and for the idea that we all have fundamental rights and freedoms that must be respected,” he said. -he added.
For the moment and after euphorically coming out on stage in West Palm Beach (Miami) last night, Trump remained silent all day, beyond a message sent to his supporters in which he once again emphasized what he had already said yesterday when declaring his premature victory. : “I will fight for you, for our family, for our future. Every day I will fight with every breath in my body. »
Republican victory
And although the announcement was made before knowing with certainty the results, the Republican’s victory was overwhelming: while waiting to know the data in the states of Arizona and Nevada, Trump obtained 295 delegates and Harris 226 out of the 270 needed for the Electoral College. to declare them president.
Kamala Harris leaves the stage with her husband, Doug Emhoff, after delivering her speech at Howard University in Washington.
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The race looked close, but the former president, who will be the first head of state sentenced to assume the presidency of the United States, managed to wrest the advantage from the Democrats. three states of the so-called “blue wall” (Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania) and if the trend continues, everything indicates that he will obtain with good margins the seven key states called to decide the elections.
In addition, everything indicates that for the first time Trump will also win the popular vote, which gives 51% to the Republican and 47.6% to the Democrat, with 4.7 million votes less (according to the agency’s count). Associated Press), which surprised some experts.
“I’m a little surprised that Trump did so well considering the negativity of his campaign. Normally, the candidate who can project a positive vision of the future is more likely to win, but Trump’s vision was darker , more negative and more divisive than Trump’s” in 2016. The fact that the. popular vote Under that premise, it says a lot about Americans,” said Mark Smith, a constitutionalist at Cedarville University.
In yesterday’s elections, the Republicans also managed to retain control of the Senate after four years of opposition by taking at least three seats from the Democrats and, although there are still no final results, it seems also that the Republican Party can revalidate its majority. the House of Representatives.
The most conservative count, that of the AP, gives 205 seats to the Republicans and 189 to the Democrats; other media, such as a channel cnnRepublicans increased from 208 to 190.
In any case, the Republicans would be only a dozen seats away from obtaining the 218 seats which give them a majority in the House of Representatives.
