November 7- Kamala Harris officially conceded the election to Donald Trump on Wednesday, urging Americans upset by the result to “not despair” but to stay committed to defending democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at Howard University, Harris told the crowd, “While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign\u2026 the light of America\u2019s promise will always burn bright, as long as we never give up.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harris confirmed she had called Trump earlier to congratulate him and assured that the Biden administration would \u201cengage in a peaceful transfer of power.\u201d She emphasized, \u201cIn our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the Constitution,\u201d which was met with applause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She addressed supporters\u2019 concerns about the future under Trump but insisted, \u201cThis is a time to organize, to mobilize and to stay engaged for the sake of freedom and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harris\u2019s concession ended an intense 100-day campaign. By Wednesday afternoon, Trump had won in at least five battleground states and was set to win the popular vote, claiming an \u201cunprecedented and powerful mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing young people in the audience, Harris urged persistence: “When we fight, we win\u2026 sometimes the fight takes a while.” She concluded with hope, saying, \u201cIf we are entering a dark time\u2026 let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant, billion stars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As she exited, Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s “Freedom” played, closing the chapter on the election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
November 7- Kamala Harris officially conceded the election to Donald Trump on Wednesday, urging Americans upset by the result to “not despair” but to stay committed to defending democracy. Speaking at Howard University, Harris told the crowd, “While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign\u2026 the light of America\u2019s promise will always burn bright, as long as we never give up.” Harris confirmed she had called Trump earlier to congratulate him and assured that the Biden administration would \u201cengage in a peaceful transfer of power.\u201d She emphasized, \u201cIn our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the Constitution,\u201d which was met with applause. She addressed supporters\u2019 concerns about the future under Trump but insisted, \u201cThis is a time to organize, to mobilize and to stay engaged for the sake of freedom and justice.\u201d Harris\u2019s concession ended an intense 100-day campaign. By Wednesday afternoon, Trump had won in at least five battleground states and was set to win the popular vote, claiming an \u201cunprecedented and powerful mandate.\u201d Addressing young people in the audience, Harris urged persistence: “When we fight, we win\u2026 sometimes the fight takes a while.” She …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1506,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions\/1506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}