Vice President Harris on Wednesday conceded the 2024 presidential contest to President-elect Trump during remarks at her alma mater, Howard University, in which she also encouraged a peaceful transfer of power.
“We owe loyalty not to a president or a party but to the Constitution of the United States and loyalty to our conscious and our God. My allegiance to all three is why I am here to say while I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign,” Harris said to a crowd of supporters.
“I know folks are feeling and experiencing a range of emotions right now, I get it. But we must accept the results of this election,” Harris added.
She also told supporters that she spoke with Trump and congratulated him in his victory to boos from the crowd.
“I also told him that we will help him and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power,” she added.
She said that “a fundamental principal” is that Americans except the results in an election and that principal “distinguishes democracy from monarchy and tyranny.”
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